The book is interesting, but I'll have to save comments for after I finish. I will note that this isn't specific to SQL DBA stuff, and I wasn't intending for...

You could probably query the registry through xp_regread, but as Grant mentioned, really this is managed elsewhere.

If you don't have access and you're troubleshooting, I'd go ask someone else that...

The best thing to do is enable full logging in the maintenance plan task and then read that output log. It will have more information than the job itself.

Go into...

I am using VMs all over for many things, especially development. I don't like installing a plug-in or add-on that might break my system, and VMs protect me. I would...

Tony Bater (1/3/2014)

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Education, communication, understanding: they are all critical in resolving this issue.

My DBA background was initially as a developer in FoxPro where the code and the database are deeply...

gerardo.lima (1/3/2014)

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One good way is to periodically put DBAs to work within a developers team and the reverse. For my experience, developers should not take SGDBs abstractions as granted and...

Yet Another DBA (1/3/2014)

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:rolleyes:

One of the issue I come across is that some developers believe that writing a stored procedure or even a set based query will slow them down...

Holiday time for me. Lots of vacation to use up, and I've been mostly unwired.

That's cold weather up in MN. Its been up and down here. We've had plenty of...

Nice!

Thanks, and a belated Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday.

Alright, the slacker is back at work.

Prizes sent, and congrats again.

As a reminder for me next year, I sent $50 to 1st, $40 to second, and $30 to third. Actually,...

andrew.morrell 67746 (1/3/2014)

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I am a dev though so maybe my impression is a little skewed?

More communication and less criticism is the key as we are all working to the same...

Congrats again, and I'll send out prizes today to Patrick and Ray. I'm not sure if I did 3rd and 4th last year, but I'll look and send something out...

I'm glad we've been able to help you and thanks for the kind words. We'll keep trying and pushing to reach more and more people, and hopefully improve the quality,...

Here's some code that might help from the SQL Monitor Metrics site. You have to implement your own scheduling and checking, but this will get you space.

http://sqlmonitormetrics.red-gate.com/percentage-of-free-log-space/

dwain.c (12/26/2013)

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I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings during this holiday season, but this just came to my attention this morning.

Steven Willis, whom some of you may know...