The question had been corrected to note diff, but not full. I'll award back points as this was a tricky question with poor wording.

This isn't necessarily true....

stephanie.sullivan (5/29/2012)

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IceDread (5/29/2012)

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Most of you on this board is in the u.s. I believe however, and my gut feeling is that companies does not compete over workforce like this and...

Brandie Tarvin (5/29/2012)

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We don't give Devs more than db_owner in the databases they need to have. For one, we do have a DBA admin only database that we develop code...

LogMeIn is one I've seen quite a few people using

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/logmein/id479229407?gclid=CN-Dw4Two7ACFQcEnQodA048Xw&ls=1&mt=8&ef_id=94ZOuF@qoBQAAMPh:20120528210005:s

Firefly is on my Netflix list. Once I finish Battlestar Galactica

That will not work. Once you attach to...

fuller.artful (5/25/2012)

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Excellent article, Steve.

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Reason #2 is the big thing. "Kids" just crank up the editor and start coding. Experience teaches you to avoid coding until the last possible moment...

Jeff Moden (5/25/2012)

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I've not run into that problem...

If sp_spaceused is the same a 2008, then there are queries against the allocation units system DMV. This is not necessarily going to be 100% accurate at a point in...

These should help

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/sql-server-excel-workbench/

http://www.bidn.com/blogs/KeithHyer/bidn-blog/2512/creating-excel-worksheets-dynamically-in-ssis

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/74225/

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Integration+Services+%28SSIS%29/68025/

If you want to stick with your method: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Excel/64838/

I assume SQL Server 2012. No such thing as SQL 12 yet.

This is much easier to do in SSIS. Is there a reason you don't do that?

As far as what...

I wouldn't necessarily trust sp_spaceused, especially in a short period of time.

If you are deleting rows, the size is going down. Garbage collection, and perhaps lots of free space...

That covers most everything.

For admin, I'd say this one: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Microsoft-Server-Administration-Programmer/dp/0470247967/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1337967674&sr=8-30

Dev: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-SQL-Server-2008-Developers/dp/1590599586/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1337967619&sr=8-16

mlbakerak (5/25/2012)

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How about taking time to remember the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for the country we live in and the freedoms we enjoy? I think...