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  • RE: Does this sound like a reasonable plan for an in-place upgrade to SQL2012?

    Seems reasonable. I might pause the SQL instance when the VM snapshot occurs, just because I'm paranoid, but otherwise you should be fine.

    In place upgrades work. They're just scary if...

  • RE: Drive mapping Between VM and Local Desktop -Tricky Issue to work around.

    You could parameterize this path, so the package reads something from the local instance at runtime. That way if you have the local instance with the correct path, things work....

  • RE: How many columns in INCLUDED Index are 'Too Many' ???

    I'd agree with Jack's answer. you can't answer this. It's a bit of an art, depending on your query patterns.

  • RE: Talking baseball

    Jan Van der Eecken (8/23/2013)


    Jan Van der Eecken (8/22/2013)


    Just don't put any leagues down, please. We're all trying to do our best to develop players. Some leagues are better than...

  • RE: Cool Projects

    milzs (8/23/2013)


    My project is a client/server .NET application that supports electronic warfare (EW) mission data for US Air Force combat aircraft, particularly the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter....

  • RE: VMing Instances

    They weren't and this was the guideline in the previous versions of VMWare.

    They might be higher now. I'd have to check.

  • RE: What to do about a complete lack of jobs?

    Networking is key. Go to user groups, talk to others. That will be a better avenue, IMHO, than searching ads.

  • RE: VMing Instances

    I think cores can be hard because memory can affect CPU.

    I'd suggest looking at Target Server memory for the current instances. I'd also talk to the VM Admins and make...

  • RE: Unistall Named Instance Only

    You can uninstall.

  • RE: Always Abstract

    pdanes (8/22/2013)


    I take it you're not going to hire me then, are you Steve? 😀 And I'd be curious how banks would feel if their tellers applied shades of gray...

  • RE: Would You Choose SQL Server?

    I think this is where some layer of data access makes sense. Make calls to package/procedures that can be rewritten in a host language. Or use a method in a...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jasona.work (8/22/2013)


    Man, they have an "appreciation day" for employees, and this place gets deader than the old Michigan Railroad station...

    I'm almost tempted to start reading this topic from page 1...

  • RE: Always Abstract

    Doctor Who 2 (8/22/2013)


    I like what you wrote here, Steve, but I wonder how practical it is. However, it might just be my work environment. Having worked in a small...

  • RE: Always Abstract

    call.copse (8/22/2013)


    I've got an irrational hatred of views on tables from sorting out various endemic performance issues with systems which were essentially not very well designed. I acknowledge it was...

  • RE: User with total points more than 30000?

    Total points has a bug. I have reported it and I apologize.

    I'll award back points for this one

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