Yes, I have Prompt set to build aliases. It works well for me and I have custom ones for certain tables.

I neglected to put it in for the "id" column...

In terms of spammers, the devs are testing askimet, which looks to prevent some posts from spammers. I also spent some time writing a job to whack posts with patterned...

Dave62 (9/26/2014)

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My company takes a middle of the road approach. We don't upgrade every version but we do try to stay in a version that is supported. When...

pjdijkstra (9/26/2014)

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We are in the proces of dropping our Oracle DB + SAP BODS + Cognos stack and starting fresh with SQL Server 2012 (we asked for 2014 but our...

s.bradbury (9/26/2014)

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I realise this applies to the editorial less than the SQL Server 6.5 example, but 2008 r2 is such a good product I can't see any real reason to...

Wow. Wish I was there.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/11589333/derek-jeter-plays-final-home-game-new-york-yankees

no simple way.

If you have modified dates in your tables, check those.

If you track insert dates, look there.

Check on sizes of log backups. Larger ones may help you determine times...

The log fills with transaction activity. Something created lots of log records, so you'd have to find a lot of data changes or inserts. (or maintenance).

The log clears with log...

Thanks, but this is falling on dead ears.

We are working to implement some SPAM prevention measures and change some code. Hard to get this to be a priority, though.

I couldn't imagine how this would be a problem, but there must be some counting.

I've struggled with developers to fix it, which seems odd to me since it must...

#farewellcaptain

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152735424432451

Many people think of this as random. I was trying to point out that there can be issues. I wasn't trying to point out all issues, though I'll change the...

I think you're both napping, Ray.

I was working with the laptop on my legs and the kitty kept attacking my typing fingers. This was about 15 minutes later, she called...

lshanahan (9/25/2014)

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More data isn't necessarily better data - something aptly demonstrated by the Google Flu trends fiasco.

How data is collected is just as important as quantity if not moreso, as...

Sure