Corrected and thanks for catching that.

It's kind of late given that early betas were out in late summer. That's quite some time. Service Pack 1 was out in < six...

Send PASS a note if you already registered. Sorry, don't have a good contact yet, but send it to the general email there.

It will be cool to not have to...

Thanks for the discussion and pointing out where and why this might not be a good idea.

As David pointed out, the idea of these questions is to test your knowledge...

Have backed up 600GB db to one file over 4 years ago with no issues. If you have the space (and time) it works.

Litespeed, SQL Backup, or other backup tools...

I think this is just a move the Windows server to a new domain. If you have Windows logins in the system, they will probably still be linked to the...

XML doesn't make sense in most databases. There are places where it does, but for the most part it is a waste. However using it as a parameter is a...

The query has been corrected to say products.

Thanks Jasmine. Fixed it and sorry for the issues.

According to my reading of this document (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/sqlserverlicensing.mspx) and the example they give (5VM instances on a 4way box), they require 5 licenses. It reads "license per virtual processor", not...

Congrats!!

Thanks for the responses and I'm hope I'm not implying anyone that didn't pay is not a moral person.

It's a tough question. There is a legal and moral side to...

Boy this is hard to talk about. And I don't think anyone expressing a contrary viewpoint is wrong, it's a different frame of reference.

I'm kind of in a weird place....

Interesting replies, but as someone who's a minority, it seems that the most resistance to protection or affirmative action decisions comes from those that aren't discriminated against.

Colin,

I thought you were just observing and not necessarily believing, so I'm not picking on you. But those issues are real problems. In any one company perhaps not, but as...

Rudy,

I agree with free choice and people should pick jobs that suit them. But they have to be able to make the choice. A woman or minority should have the...