Wasn't sure about the auto draft. I had a meeting starting when the draft ran, so I missed it, but apparently it wasn't too bad. Don't know a bunch of...

That would be good. Anything that showcases how to use this. We're lacking some practical articles on this topic.

Thanks, everyone. Had a great time. A few days in Edinburgh, a day in Stirling, lost a day with illness, but rented a car and drove to Fort William to...

Well, I'm back and things seem to still be working.

SAL Sat Cambridge was fun, and good to see a few people from the Thread there. Sorry you weren't there, Rodney.

I conflated a couple things here, and somewhat caused an issue.

The East Coast of the US is 4 or 5 hours off from the UK, depending on the time of...

There's an SSMS add-in for 2008 https://extendedeventmanager.codeplex.com/

I had a report about this thread. I think it's a valid discussion, and as long as everyone remains respectful, that's fine.

There have been a few people saying NULL is...

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft tries to replace replication with some flavor of Always On at some point. The efforts made to improve replication have been few and far...

REPLACE() - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186862.aspx

Thanks, Aaron

trevor.adams (8/26/2016)

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I'm sure you are completely sorted Steve but:-

Edinburgh Fringe finishes Monday - meaning plenty of free street entertainment but also the "best" of British comedy will be in town...

kerry_hood (8/26/2016)

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You must, must, must... try and get north of the Great Glen. The scenery is EPIC, and there's a train (you can hire at Inverness). There should...

Grant Fritchey (8/26/2016)

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Please, please, please, listen to what Gail is saying.

If the log is full and you're doing log shipping, make darned sure that you're shipping the log often enough....

Thanks, will look for it.

Eric M Russell (8/25/2016)

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Federal contractors, at least within the realm of IT, farm the actual work out to sub-contractors anyhow, and I can tell you that those sub-contractors are no...