The larger the file, the more changes that something breaks when it's transferred. I've had issues with downloads from MSDN that won't work, but when I re-download, things are fine.

I'd...

Eric M Russell (6/19/2013)

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... Perhaps Microsoft has intentionally capped the investment on SSMS, implementing basic management functionality, thinking that 3rd party tool vendors or add-ins will fill in the gaps....

First, did you do as Gail asked and copied the backup file locally to take out network issues. They can be problematic.

If so, then you have a corrupt backup. No...

kevaburg (6/20/2013)

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Einstein once said: If you can't explain a subject in simple terms to a layman, you don't know enough about the subject yourself.

Your DBA has mastered...

Andy Leonard (6/19/2013)

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Or....

Microsoft could license (or buy) the...

No encryption takes place on the client. Unless you have your instance and client tools installed on the same Windows host.

All encryption is server side. The client statistics can be...

That will show you the difference for that query only, but if that's all you need, it should demonstrate that. If you don't see a difference, you might need more...

"it would not let me" doesn't help us. Can you please give specific errors or issues and what commands you've run.

You set use SET STATISTICS IO and get the data back.

You want server statistics, not client.

you can do this with a small database, but you likely won't see any difference in performance. If that's OK, or what you're trying to show, then it will be...

Performance? You'd have to have a workload you can run and run it before, and after, the encryption. Otherwise no good way to get the overhead. However I haven't seen...

I knew I'd read something similar. I found this:

Clutch = (WPA / pLI) – WPA/LI

from: http://www.fangraphs.com/library/misc/clutch/

I think there is something to it. I've seen plenty of people perform well under...

First ensure that your data will all fit in the new datatype. That could easily be an issue.

Next, you have to find all objects that reference this column. Views, stored...

Craig-315134 (6/17/2013)

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Steve Jones wrote:

It may mean that the newest, youngest person at your company might rise much faster than you simply because they're a better DBA or developer.

Sounds a...

Look in this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180370.aspx

That's where it's configured.

You can't have a failure reported by the job and no failure in a log. Either you picked the wrong log file or...