I met Phil Factor, though by his real name.

And I found out another DBA has a tractor as well!! Something to think about

I think the complainers were those looking for new features, like .NET or SSIS, and it was a long time to wait.

Personally I liked the 5 year time frame and...

Bryant, good luck on the move.

I still think it's worth waiting to move (though not to test). The RTM was announced yesterday and I see 2008 as a SS2K5 R2,...

Great arguments, especially the DTS one (which I wasn't aware of), and I appreciate the feedback. It's definitely an individual decision and your support and arguments are good for everyone...

I don't have any great "concrete" reasons and even if I did, they would apply to me, not to your individual systems. It's just that as a general rule, I...

Frank,

Great points and to a large extent I agree. It seems to me that MS is really built to force half the installations to upgrade to every other release, so...

I'll agree that stored procedures should be supported. Even if they need to be compiled in process and executed, they are important have building a n appplication, especially one that...

The only way to minimize the peaks are to run log backups more often (so less data in each backup) or use hardware to increase the speed. Using a R1...

I'm not sure you can win with a "what concerns do you have" question. If they haven't brought up concerns with you, then they are either uncomfortable with them or...

Have people really complained to you?

That surprises me and it seems like you made the right decision if it happens. Someone should always thank you for the interview and...

Look at your printout for a clue, but really you'll be guessing as to which you got right and wrong.

I wish there was a better way to do this, maybe...

Look for the primary key field in the table designer. It should be marked with a key field. Or check the indexes and look for the PK. Or if...

I'd guess the same as Noel, that the ftp wasn't finished. You might be able to test for an open file, but I might just schedule the job to retry...

Do you have the backup going to different drives from the log and/or data? That should help. Also, do you need all databases backed up every 15 minutes? You might...

A Garmin sounds interesting and maybe some Legos

I'll probably get 2-3 nice prizes and then let the winners pick. Don't forget to use...