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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange (1/14/2014)

    Here is a true story from the field that a buddy of mine shared with me yesterday.

    Goes to show that you should leave rewriting SQL to the professionals.

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    Or...

    January 14, 2014 at 8:40 am

    #1679942

  • RE: The Desktop Setup

    dbassassin (1/13/2014)

    1. Virtual Box or VMware workstation

    2. SQL Management Studio (latest)

    3. Git

    4. SQL Source Control

    5. Chrome

    6. Pidgin

    7. Visual Studio (latest)

    8. Dropbox

    9. Putty

    10. Winscp

    Ahh, Putty. I have that in mind whenever...

    January 14, 2014 at 8:34 am

    #1679940

  • RE: Azure SQL Database

    Fair enough. I've edited it to say T-SQL Backup command.

    I'll award back points since this one was iffy.

    January 14, 2014 at 8:33 am

    #1679939

  • RE: Sabbatical

    EdVassie (1/14/2014)

    A sabbatical is about taking time out of your normal routine to do something productive that you could not normally do.

    I think you are starting well, putting...

    January 14, 2014 at 8:28 am

    #1679936

  • RE: Azure SQL Database

    JourneyMan Jones (1/14/2014)

    Don't think this question is all that great. There is a backup and restore strategy with Azure.

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1792.windows-azure-sql-database-backup-and-restore-strategy.aspx

    Thumbs down on this QOTD.

    There's a strategy, but it isn't backup and...

    January 14, 2014 at 8:26 am

    #1679934

  • RE: No Bosses

    Viv Fletcher (1/14/2014)

    The problem with "many hats" is that you become a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none. There are too many areas in today's IT world for anybody to cover in any depth...

    January 14, 2014 at 8:24 am

    #1679930

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I'm hoping to get back to SQLBits this year, but with surgery coming, timing will matter. I hope they announce something soon.

    January 13, 2014 at 9:16 am

    #1679626

  • RE: Simple databases / warm failover

    Replication works with any recovery model. The issue is that the log cannot clear until the changes are out to the subscriber. This means that your simple mode db log...

    January 13, 2014 at 8:48 am

    #1679612

  • RE: The Desktop Setup

    below86 (1/13/2014)

    I've thought about propping everything up on boxes to try it. I just know now that I can see over the cubicle walls when I stand and I'm...

    January 13, 2014 at 8:38 am

    #1679602

  • RE: No Bosses

    djackson 22568 (1/13/2014)

    I fear this will sound like I am opposed to something like this, but that is not my intention. I am sure there are places it would...

    January 13, 2014 at 8:32 am

    #1679600

  • RE: Sabbatical

    Nelson Petersen (1/10/2014)

    Is this a time of dramatically fewer interruptions allowing focussed effort on a "project" or is it a sabbatical?

    If it really is a sabbatical, you could start with...

    January 11, 2014 at 11:28 am

    #1679381

  • RE: Sabbatical

    george sibbald (1/10/2014)

    learn how to make your own hawaiian shirts?

    ROFL, I have wanted to learn how to sew. Perhaps I'll tag this into something I do. Maybe as a "20...

    January 11, 2014 at 11:27 am

    #1679380

  • RE: Sabbatical

    KWymore (1/9/2014)

    Train for a marathon and get a bunch of people to sponsor you for charity. Then run it about a week before you have to go back to work....

    January 11, 2014 at 11:26 am

    #1679379

  • RE: The Desktop Setup

    Beatrix Kiddo (1/10/2014)

    I've asked in the past about getting desks we could stand at, still no luck on that.

    You can get some great standing desks nowadays. I'm not...

    January 11, 2014 at 11:20 am

    #1679378

  • RE: The Desktop Setup

    IowaDave (1/10/2014)

    A couple people have mentioned it already, but if you're not using a clipboard capture tool, you are missing out. I use ClipCache at work and loved/missed it...

    January 11, 2014 at 11:18 am

    #1679377

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