I'm here and it wasn't a horrible flight, though it wasn't great. At least my upgrade came through so I could get some sleep.

I used to work for a company...

Pass, I got a lot of emails and the story on going down to Antarctica (and get more every baseball season), but it's not for me.

I pack my own pillow...

Typo's fixed.

There's nothing wrong with Iowa. I thought I was supporting Google's choice to keep their operations in the US. I think it's great they're moving into smaller communities and providing...

Fixed!

A table can only have one column with an identity property. You can remove the identity property or turn it off for a batch with SET IDENTITY_INSERT OFF

That's crazy. Unfortunately I don't have a "lock thread" flag. I think I need one (time to talk to the developers).

If they're gluttons for punishment and want to keep going,...

You DBAs getting lost or want to try out the spatial data types in 2008

One other suggestion, feel free to add your blog to our signature.

Don't do the dynamic thing. Allocate a static amount. If things run slow when you need it on the dev machine, raise the max for the day and then reset...

After slammer, a few of the larger companies I've worked with have blocked UDP1434's to prevent issues, so the -L doesn't work. I used to have the SMS guys query...

That's a good suggestion. We offer blogs, but it's hosted on community server, so it's a separate log in. All you have to do is send the webmaster and email...

Joe,

You might be right. I know I've tried to telecommute 2-3 days a week in many jobs and almost every manager didn't want to have me out of sight. What's...

I got my cert because I worked on 3 of the books (441, 443, 444).

To me the cert does prove you have some...

Me? I'm quirky. I ask about things that are important to me.

First, usually on the phone

- dress code. Important to me. Tie required, we can just stop.

- salary...