Don't forget there is no ordering in the table. Just because you see data returned a certain way doesn't mean it exists that way or will always come back that...

I like either 3 or 4 the best, though I might actually create a view for the purposes of querying that unions the two different tables together.

Let's hope they aren't checking those backups and using MAID. Maybe we'll get a crash!

It does happen (outsourcing DBAs), but I doubt it would be only DBAs. There are a number of remote DBA service firms out there and they seem to be successful.

Office 2007 may be more compatible, but the ribbon crap is annoying. I wouldn't care so much if my ALT+I popped the INSERT menu, but they've gotten rid of the...

My thoughts when writing this were that some companies are promoting blogs. Not all of them, but some are. It's a marketing effort to be sure, but it does allow...

Interesting comments and thanks for the debate. I liked the different perspectives.

For the record, I felt bad after writing this and I've been reading a bit more and watching some...

There are some tools that help. I know that if you were to have a Blogger or one of the popular sites, Word 2007 can actually publish to that site....

ah, sorry. I know you like your job from other comments and emails.

I think if you can find a good place to work, try to stick there. Good places are...

I don't know about the product, but not sure I'd pass. Maybe they'd like an upgrade? Could be some nice long term income if they have $$

This is dicey as SQL Server is very intolerant of network delays. File copies are more tolerant. I'd recommend backup/restore from the local disk.

I'd do two plans, otherwise, follow Markus' advice.

Haven't seen this before. It looks like it could be a bug. I'd call Microsoft's PSS.

Do you mean the formatting or the alias or both?

Not sure what the problem is?

Backups - Use a maintenance plan. I'd set up daily or weekly full backups and then log backups every hour or so for critical databases, maybe daily on others. You'll...