Data Driven going on now: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/data-driven.aspx

Completely agree. However, when the data is in there, even if you have modified and built a good data model, this is one way you might move that data...

By default, the DAC isn't available remotely, so you need to be on the console of the host: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189595.aspx

The DAC doesn't fire logon triggers: https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1631/connecting-to-sql-server-with-a-bad-logon-trigger/

Are you using the DAC locally? Maybe show the connection string so we can be sure this is working?

In a cluster, you might need to log onto the node,...

PATINDEX is powerful, without a doubt. I have more of a fondness for charindex, mostly because I can indicate a start position. However, as Luis showed, you can get around...

Thanks for the catch. I updated the math to get the PO.

I wonder which of these works better in complex queries. It's worth some performance testing to see. I hadn't...

Sergiy (2/2/2016)

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Don't you really know that pre-soring anything in Excel or any other external application does not guarantee that the set will be imported into a SQL Server...

Eric M Russell (3/9/2016)

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It sounds similar to Microsoft Lync / Skype. It's useful for those situations where you need a quick ad-hoc group conversation between team members. A lot of...

Japie Botma (3/9/2016)

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Personally I found multiple communication tools distracting. I like organisation, so if I could do everything with one tool, it would be nice. If I could...

I haven't worked on in terms of admin/dev work, but I have worked with a few mainframes over the years, including 370s.

My comments on stability certainly applied for me. The...

I may have to try AtBat. Listening in the background is something I've enjoyed, and I certainly like listening while driving or traveling out of town. Wonder if it works...

Good to see RC0 out. I saw the BOL page last week, but no download.

We're getting close.

Wayne West (3/8/2016)

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I saw the announcement of SQL Server on Linux yesterday on Ars Technica[/url]. Should be quite interesting. When they get the developers edition out I'll definitely...

I think that's true. Perhaps the full has priority for some reason.

It shouldn't really matter. SQL Server tracks what has changed and what logs are needed to ensure that recovery...

Logs don't matter. They are independent of the fulls and diffs.

In terms of scheduling them at the same time, not sure here. I would think that they would go based...