Why not have the forum?

A couple comments. I'm not saying I was right, but I think I did what I would have done last year or the year before.

I stated that I wasn't an...

Thank you for the comments and I stand by what I said.

Derek, if Bob had merely disclosed he worked for Quest, I would have been ok with the link....

I definitely don't think there are enough qualified DBAs already. And from the horror stories I constantly see, I'd be scared of letting most current DBAs take on a DW.

I...

OK, Red Gate has asked and bold on links is gone!

Actually Dinakar asked, but I might need James to write something for me one day

OK, quite a debate and perhaps a new record on posts to an article

I did indeed send a note to cimode and did...

Yikes, I go away for a few hours and everyone's getting upset.

Please take a more friendly and professional tone. We can disagree and argue points without behaving poorly.

Richard,

I don't think it's an extension or it's like a DLL. The premise of SOA is truly disconnected, lously coupled systems. If system A needs system B to do something,...

There are definitely people using BI/OLAP. I don't dispute that and I'm sure more companies are implementing these technologies all the time.

I guess my feeling is that star schemas and...

Thanks for the comments and I don't think the plans are to make things more lively (flash, etc.), but rather cleaner. I've never thought that there was much wrong with...

I think config files are a great place for XML. Beats the heck out of the Windows 3.1 style ini files.

Always in stored procedures. SQL Injection is a good reason for this.

Do you know how many grades a student has? Is it consistent?

If not, you'd be better off doing this in the client somewhere. Loop through the records and display the...

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/hierarchies_in_sql_server_databases.htm

Is SQL Server getting restarted or the Windows host?

Could be different things. Check automatic updates, there have been a few recently.

Also, how long has the server run fine and how...