I'll add my $0.02, probably worth about that.

File based systems work fine. Plenty of people have used them for a long time. However, there are caveats and potential issues. The...

Crazy debate

You mean to ask if they're re-entrant. They're not.

The filegroup is offline if any files are. If there is the primary filegroup available and online, the...

With the clustered index, the data is the index. You can't have all indexes in a separate filegroup. However you can still run a plan on a clustered index if...

mitchellcstein (9/10/2015)

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I am fascinated with the paradoxes businesses are willing to embrace right now (Ex: everyone is supposed to rush to put everything in the cloud at the exact moment...

cbeels 84210 (9/10/2015)

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Steve said:

It's worth pointing out that they are...

Jeff Moden (9/10/2015)

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I think the biggest problem that people have with the analysis of any size data is that they have some preconceived notion of what they want to see...

That doesn't work in the 50+ league. All we can do is razz the guy and hope he'll change.

Playoffs Sun for me. We rematch against the team we lost to...

I'd like to try the game. It sounds like my kind of epic item, but I have no time. As it is, I can't keep up with things I want...

Jeff Moden (9/8/2015)

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chrisn-585491 (9/8/2015)

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Software isn't science, it's engineering. (And a lot of it is Redneck Engineering...) ...

xsevensinzx (9/9/2015)

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I think the problem is this:

Many developers want their changes to be deployed quickly, while DBAs want extensive review and testing to be sure that no problems will occur....

kiwood (9/9/2015)

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One thing that both DBAs and developers need to get down to is that their real job is to make other people's jobs possible and/or easier. Both need to...

Iwas Bornready (9/9/2015)

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Working with personalities that clash with mine, well I find it exhausting. I am always trying to remember to just pause before speaking, take an extra breath. But...

james.jensen1350 (9/9/2015)

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Wow. Saying that is, IMHO, extremely incisive and wise. Just like the x-step programs that purport to help people through difficult times, it is widely recognized that...