I think that it is close to a mainframe environment as the virtualization software improves. The IBM pSeries definitely includes some evolutionary mainframe ideas adapted to a smaller platform.

One of...

Faster than what?

If you had an index on id, col2, col3 then it would go faster regardless of the # of columns.

Thanks and I hope you get some nuke power. It's not that bad and the newer reactors are miles ahead of anything else for safety and waste.

Your post is a little confusing. To remove this, go to security folder, then logins folder and delete the builtin admins. Be sure you have more than one account setup...

Use Windows Groups and place in a role. You never know if you'll hire one of these consultants and need the same access. Then you'll need to potentially redo permissions.

Or...

A few answers for you and thanks for the posts.

Log shipping can impact the reports run on a seconday server. If you are restoring frequently, then either users will be...

Ah, too humid in Houston. And you could easily be playing golf at Christmas in Denver. It was sunny and 60s last year. Kids outside in shorts.

Seattle is too...

Jeff,

I think you're right with IM for those unfamiliar with each other is hard. But for those that work together and know each other, you'd be surprised how much communication...

Very nice. Notice they didn't mention if he got the job.

That's strange. I've never seen that, but I'd suspect that it's a Windows issue with mapping types than a SQL one.

It's fixed . The publisher sent it to me and I missed it.

Yelena,

I believe that if you modify the plan in SSIS and save it back, it cannot be opened in the maintenance plan designer in SSMS.

Thanks for the reference. I know Project REAL was a big deal and I think its a great win. I wish Microsoft would do a few more like that.

Bob,

I apologize if you're offended, but it wasn't intended as a political commentary. More that data issues are a problem and I'd hate to think that anyone trusts incorrect data,...

That's interesting. Thanks for the update.