Is the SQL Server running as an adminsitrative account on the server? I think that is an issue. Hard to remember since I haven't used this in a long time.

It...

These come from different places and they can get out of synch. I think one is the registry and one if the file information.

North of 4million

I think you can learn enough without the book, but one nice thing about the books (any of them) is that the authors take the tests and so can focus...

I agree with the above. If you can get a connection, you should be ok.

Are you in the US? I think pricing is different outside, but it should be $125 in the US.

The exam is multiple choice questions. Not sure about the exact format...

Nice cartoon.

Glad I'm not one of those marketing guys.

You guys make a good arguement.

Now if I can just get an article from the ninja...

Nice comments and I think most people see certs similar to me. It's a nice addition, but not necessarily an indication of skill.

I'd like to see an independent cert, preferably...

Thanks for all the wonderful comments and congratulations.

As Tony mentioned that plan is that things will remain the same and I'll keep editorial independence of the site. We'll probably...

Thanks to everyone and we hope things continue on the same way they've been going. It's business as usual for me and for all of you.

We'll be looking to answer...

Hope to see you there!

If you couldn't go, lobby for next year. It's supposed to be in Denver, not sure when!

Yeah, just for fun. Though I do have to drive places for work on occassion.

Do you need to read the passwords? Or just use them for comparisons?

You can use a one way hash, smoething like encrypt() if you don't need to read them....

Is there no explicit FK defined?

If this occurs in an app, use Profiler to check the queries being run