Wow, that's quite a long time. The site's been here since March 2001, so not much before that.

Thanks for sticking around!!!!

There is no deadline from us, well maybe Sept 22nd or so. However the PASS prices go up soon.

http://www.sqlpass.org/summit

Are you replicating system tables? You should not be doing that.

Interesting responses, but keep in mind this is an interview, not a real life situation and Andy is assessing how the person "thinks". I'd personally lean towards print statements to...

Key management is hard and I question the wisdom of this exercise.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/sjones/wp_encryption.asp

If you feel you must: http://www.protegrity.com/

For Yukon, I'm not sure. Have you tried uninstalling and then deleting the registry keys for SQL Server?

The other solution is for you to reinstall in a new folder and...

I knew I wasn't the first to use it. Some interesting ideas, especially the statis cell.

There are some post SP3 patches, mostly security related, but possibly something else.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx?productid=30&servicepackid=0&chkcritical=on&chkimportant=on&chkmoderate=on&chklow=on&seldaterange=0&txtdatestart=&txtdateend=&submit1=go

What types of things do you need to do? Or have been doing? Off the top of my head, I'd say something in the admin area.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/sjones/killthattarget.asp

The NET commands can help with the last part

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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>net start sqlserveragent

The requested service has already been started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182.

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As far as...

How are users of Active Directory sending email?

Correct. In the SQL 2000 case, there are 2 CDs. One is the version you purchased and the other is Personal, which is free for all CAL authorized users you...

nothing for multiple columns.

Did you perform a RAID backup to multiple files?

If so, then you might need to call PSS.