Sean has the best explanation I could give. When testing for a null value, you want to use "Is Null", or INULL() or COALESCE(). Those are functions designed to work...

That's interesting. Which are and which aren't?

The author didn't write a post this wide. The original is here, but when we get the HMTL from them through syndication, something in the style is running things wide.

sqlstudies.com/2013/05/20/the-many-uses-of-cross-apply/

I've...

Not that any of you care, but it's the last day of school.

I think I may be more happy than the kids to sleep in tomorrow.

Excellent point.

I wish more people would do this. Really it's more that management would...

Jim P. (5/22/2013)

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My question is still how to scale out SQL. It never seemed that MS designed the system for multiple access to a DB. So while you can scale...

Knowledge Draftsman (5/23/2013)

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This reminds me of an article I came across earlier in my career... The gist of the piece was that every employee should know how to do their...

Sean Lange (5/22/2013)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/21/2013)

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Grant has a Surface RT. However Sean said "For the Touch I do not have the newer version of the OS. I have...

Grant Fritchey (5/22/2013)

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Hey Steve, which apps. I'm just curious. I moved to a WP last fall and with one exception, I've found it better than my Droid. The exception is...

Thanks for the update. I'm not sure I would have thought of that, but a great catch.

Did you use some type of hex editor to find this?

Gary Varga (5/22/2013)

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One aspect that is often overlooked in DR is the restarting of applications. Certainly application reinstallation is often thought of but sometimes what is missed is that there...

Grant has a Surface RT. However Sean said "For the Touch I do not have the newer version of the OS. I have the older and much less expensive version."

I...

Can you set a login trigger and look for the login from BCP to the instance? I wonder if there's some issue connecting back from BCP.

Can you dir the path...

Sean Lange (5/21/2013)

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I can't speak to the desktop version however I have a Windows Phone with windows 8 on it. I also have a MS Touch. I find that there...