I still think it's a fundamental bad idea to include periods.

It will also distract and confuse others, which is something you should consider. The job is bigger than you and...

John,

It can be a pain, but I'd script it out so you can see it in front of you, maybe ask someone else to verify that you have things moving...

I'd be interested to hear about the MAC address. I thought everything sent in the connection was determined by the client sender, not the network or any automatic/authentic service. Since...

If the files are large, you still have to copy them. There's no magic SQL Server way to get them to the new drive.

detach, copy files, attach them again.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administering/usingvbscripttoautomatetasks/1171/

Don't cross post. We see all threads.

Check here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic442699-357-1.aspx

Depending on how you structure your SAN, you might not get benefits from splitting out on the SAN.

You have some good reasons, but I've not seen any really good articles...

Did you have any filters applied besides the time? It's possible that something held you up, but it didn't take a long time itself to complete.

I grab reads/sec, transactions/sec, and some disk activity as a baseline in addition to above. Nice to have when someone says "it's slow"

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/rss.aspx?Tags=Perl&AndTags=1

How is that easier than detach/attach? I'd argue it's easier to make mistakes with the alter database command.

I'm not saying English is good or bad. It is predominant. Air controllers, bankers, import/export officials, government officials, all around the world, in most countries, can speak English along with...

Ah, good one Matt. Yep, that's needed.

My training company recently sent someone to a large company and they required $1M of E&O insurance. It wasn't too expensive, a few hundred...

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