I'd try to copy this file and restore it on another system. I suspect your file might be corrupt.

The full backup isn't backing up the log, unless the index rebuild is running while the full backup is running. Then it will catch items changed during the data reading...

Some of this is on the list. I've bumped it up a bit.

BOL doc: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188365.aspx

Microsoft recommends using Sharepoint, and that seems to be what they expect: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee637439.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231687.aspx

You can also just send the powerpivot files over as these are Excel files: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff628113%28v=sql.100%29.aspx

Nice playlist. I've only seen 2 or 3 of those, so I'll have to watch the rest.

Is not > '' working?

CREATE TABLE MyTable

( current_point VARCHAR(20)

)

;

INSERT MyTable SELECT 'Test'

INSERT MyTable SELECT ''

INSERT mytable SELECT ' '

INSERT mytable SELECT NULL

GO

SELECT * FROM mytable

-- 4 rows

SELECT *...

Before you call CSS, I would check the underlying SAN LUNs and be sure there isn't contention there. The SAN admins often look at averages, but if they've carved up...

CO is leading the division, so I'm not sure how much we count a month of baseball. A few year ago the Yanks were 10 out at the All Star...

Interesting thoughts, and we're definitely looking to add something here. We have been debating about some of the ratings of articles/scripts, but posts make sense as well. We'll kick it...

Here's an article on this site discussing the issue: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Performance+Tuning/adviceoncount/808/

What's the nod you want to give? I'm not completely sure what you're looking for here.

Is this a way to note how many shares of a topic? Or how many...

milzs (4/29/2013)

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"Factivism" is fine as long as you use the "true" facts and not skewed facts. As we all know, the "facts" can be twisted and manipulated into whatever...

Had a good time in Fargo this weekend, at SQL Saturday #173. It's a nice town, good weather for us, and MS has a large facility there that is the...

Lynn Pettis (4/29/2013)

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If the emailed report is static (the data for the report is included in the report) and does not need any direct (or indirect) access to SQL Server,...