I'm not sure Grant or I will be there, since we have other commitments. Sorry.

Something to think about. The development paradigm in Windows Azure can be different from AWS. In AWS you are essentially renting a VM with SQL Server on it for the...

It's an evolutionary change, but it's a substantial one. Look beyond what Win 8 does with the desktop, because so few apps take advantage of the interface. It's changing to...

roger.plowman (3/12/2013)

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I don't know if I'd want backup information in the database or not. On the one hand I could see it, and you're right, having information about the backup...

It looks like some of your first post dropped off.

In terms of IO, you still need good IO. There's no magic solution with virtualization. Multiple disks and multiple IO pathways...

Miles Neale (3/6/2013)

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Along this line anyone been reading about how Yahoo has changed things up? I guess the idea is to get back to the office everyday or get...

I'm not sure you can. I'm not sure it should matter from the server. The idea of the API is the server sees calls to it without worrying about clients.

Does...

Use SSIS to build a package. Base a query on dateadd to get the previous 11 months in your query.

You can't do this. The listener reacts to the read intent setting in the connection string. The architectural guidelines say that you should have multiple connection strings for your application...

There are a few things you can do. First, if you are loading into a destination that expects integers for the first field, you'll never load those records. However you...

It certainly sounds interesting. I'd like to give the desk on wheels a try if I go back to an office.

You don't get the chance to answer in the email. When you click, the whole question (Edited or not) appears, along with the answers. If you don't re-read the question,...

Fair enough, I was thinking of many CS problems that loop until space is exhausted.

I'd still argue this is an infinite loop in code. It's the hardware and environment that...

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I executed each section of code until the next comment, since that made sense to me. Executing...

I agree with OPC.Three that you doing this without knowing how to get started is concerning. If you're just unorganized, but you understand the idea of DR and options in...