Colin,

I have to say that I think your observations are blatantly discriminatory and they are one of the reasons that woman and minorities have problems in the workplace.

It might seem...

I've used a slightly different approach, using DTS to drive some T-SQL procedures to perform backups. However the advice above would work great as well.

Be sure you connect with local...

I don't do it, preferring to run shrinks when I need them.

The service accounts are for those programs to log themselves into Windows and start. If a client is connecting, they will use the account they logged onto the domain with.

The...

It comes everyday. If you don't get it everyday, likely it's a filter somewhere. Try adding us to the Safe senders or Whitelist.

I'm not sure I consider the Microsoft guys the experts for a shop using SQL Server. They've developed it and know the ins and outs of the code better than...

Thanks, I'll take a look and see what I can do.

Yes is a great choice. I saw them in concert years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Please don't cross post.

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I wouldn't get too down on IT as a roller coaster career. You think marketing in the corporate world is different? Sales?

Maybe lawyers and CPAs have a good growth industry,...

Just for the record, I'd encourage any of my kids to go into IT if they wanted to. In fact, I'd like to think that I encourage them to do...

Great editorial and thanks to Kathi for writing it.

I have to say that I've thought women were increasing in IT. It seems every time I go to a conference, there...

, sorry. Couldn't decide if this was theory or TSQL. Should have used CHAR() in the answer.

Kenneth,

I used to feel very strongly about what you said, but as I've gotten older, I'm not so sure.

Defining the "best" person is hard. We don't have a universal "DBA...

The PASS Summit is in Denver and it's typcially been more SQL Server focused. It's a great place if you're a DBA and we've got a couple writeups coming from...