Custom encryption should use industry standard algorithms. You can search for blowfish, AES, etc. or use the implementations that are build into Windows. As Miles noted, it's not that hard....

Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, Franco, Piazza, Schilling, Lee Smith

maybe...

I don't know when/if this will be available. It certainly would make some sense, with overrides from the DBA. There are indexes that are lightly used (in frequency), but very...

Why can't you increase the space? Make the file bigger or add a new file or filegroup.

You might also read this about choosing your clustered key: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Indexing/68563/

you could build a clustered index and then drop it again to clear things up, but really you ought to consider adding a clustered index and leaving it there, as...

brian.francis (11/29/2012)

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I agree that the managers don't need the technical details, but a discussion of what options are available and what is most appropriate for the situation is critical. ...

cfradenburg (11/29/2012)

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Based on my experience I'm not sure that I agree with the, "managers shouldn't know," part of this. I fully agree that they shouldn't be the decision makers...

Koen Verbeeck (11/28/2012)

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At a SQL Server conference I was speaking at two weeks ago, I met one of the co-founders of lessthandot.com/[/url]. Later that day he asked me if I...

Since a few of you are experienced, we're looking for a few disaster recovery stories on fairly short notice for the week of the 10th. If you want to write...

Not sure about the optimizing, but I think Ignite (http://www.confio.com/performance/sql-server/ignite/#5) and Performance Advisor (SQL Sentry, http://www.sqlsentry.net/performance-advisor/sql-server-performance.asp#features) will help find poor queries.

rusanu.com is a good source. I'd ask him further questions if you need them. He's done a lot of SB work.

Sean is right in that you need to define active. Are these sessions with a connection to SQL Server? Those running?

We could help with a better definition, but you'd also...

yes, identity is supported in all versions of SQL Server.

Simon E Doubt (11/28/2012)

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I do think there is a lot of value in networking as well, so this might not be the best approach for everyone, but it certainly is...