I wouldn't wholesale reduce, leave, or raise spending. I'd be more judicious about where I did any of those.

I also would look to incentivize others to find ways to save...

It does, but doesn't save the scripts to a file(s).

Recognizing that not all teams work the same is important. Easy for managers to try and manage in one way, because it's easier for them. I like that we have...

Yeah, tend to agree with Jeff and I'd be guessing as well.

One thing I thought of, if you script out the entire db from SSMS, everything checked. what permissions appear?

It is, for sure. This is one reason I think all the de-dup, online, connected backups are an issue. we need air gaps

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I get the feeling that if a software solution satisfies more than 75% of the requirements, then the temptation is to just call it good and move on to...

As it should

Corrected to varchar(30), and the target system always depends, but there is a format designed to convert cleanly to XML. Not all formats do this.

This post could really benefit by addressing those dedicated workers doing IT for government agencies.  My work group is only down 50% from the staff level in place when...

Glad it worked out.

Thanks,and yikes. Usually when I hear those rumblings I'm working on my...

I have no interest, but if you want to set something up, maybe others want to.

Had a request for a large schema from a developer. Wondering if anyone has a large (number of objects) schema that they can send to me for private use. This...

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Chicago? Detroit?