I think this is one of those cases you'd be better off controlling it. Do you know how big a row can be? If so, I'd calculate how many you...

Did that work? Have one machine where this is my problem.

Simon,

Congrats and that sounds like a job I left years ago. Don't really regret it, it was a good decision at the time, but I miss it.

Besides, I have...

It has been removed. Sorry about that.

Some very interesting responses here and I can see the other side from many of you.

I guess I'd still stand by my point for the conference/seminar presentations since time...

SQL Server 2005 is a great move forward for security in the MS world.

Charles, I've read about a few of those tricks before and it's certainly made me rethink the...

Thanks for the professional answers and I have emailed directly to the original poster regarding the less than professional behavior.

Updates here: http://news.com.com/Searchers+believe+they+are+nearing+missing+CNET+editor/2100-1028_3-6141107.html?tag=nefd.lede

and why you should carry a cell phone: http://news.com.com/2100-1039-6140794.html

Profiler is a utility that comes with SQL Server. You should read about it in Books Online and experiment with it. If you configure it to capture minimal data, users,...

The job should show failure, and you should have a notification set up to let you know. Check the logs for teh maintenance plan, not the job history for the...

Do you have someone measuring bandwidth usage? Possibly from individual machines? What about running Profiler and seeing how much and how quickly traffic is being sent to and processed by...

Tim that's a really interesting solution. I've love to hear more in an article as I'm sure many would. How much data are you talking about for a full backup?

Dave,...

Thanks everyone for the comments and glad you liked the article. I'm kind of stunned by the response.

My apologies on the counting. I wrote the list and then started to...

I think working in a small town has to be something you want to do, or because you want to go back home where you grew up. Moving somewhere small...

Jennifer's a friend who works for NetApp.

She's probably got a swimsuit, but I don't think she'd do a layout for us