One more thing, if you are accessing lots of data from other databases because there are separate apps, then you can combine those into one database using schemas IF your...

go into the Database, select the Security folder, there's a Schema folder under there. You can create, set an owner, grant rights to a role (NOT users), etc.

It should work as you've pasted in. I get a command string of:

"C:\Program Files\KeyGen\vgenlic.exe" pippo pppppp 3

If that runs from a command prompt, it should work. I'd perhaps grab the...

As my Zoo keeper friend mentioned, remove the -m parameter and you should be ok.

I like Kyle's thoughts. Backups are the most important. Be sure you know that every database has been backed up or you get a notification and can do something immediately.

I've...

SSPI are Windows authentication errors and, I believe, issues with the Kerberos ticket.

I've seen this act strangely in a variety of ways. Perhaps the client can't get the SPN for...

Mike,

I've never had issues restoring from a good file, but I have had files get corrupted and be unable to back up to them. granted it's typically when I've walked...

Mike,

Sorry for the delay and it's good to get the info from your side. I haven't seen that behavior, but I'll pass along to our support people and see if...

Easiest depends on the answers given. We don't try to always pick the best of all possibilities. We try to pick questions to get you to think or help you...

I'm not sure that I think salaries are going down for talented workers, especially in data fields. I think the sysadmins, especially MSCEs might get paid less, and workers in...

Use Virtual PC (free), and install XP SP2 in that. There's no way around the XP SP2 limitation. Some of the things they need in SQL Server 2005 are in...

I think George it right. be sure you're restoring from the clustered server and not one of the instances on one of the boxes.

The statement "synchronize login process" doesn't mean anything by itself. Ask someone specifically what they want you to do, or what effects they mean (same logins on two instances or...

Repair is a bad idea. As Paul gave a talk last year at TechEd and walked through what happens. Basically they have no idea how to fix things and they...

This is really a crosstab report and the new PIVOT command can help here. I'd look that up and try a few possibilities with your table.