Clarified the explanation with a note on minimally logged operations. Also added an "always" note to the answers.

Grant Fritchey (2/21/2012)

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As far as the apathy goes, most people are apathetic about almost all their basic rights. I'm pretty sure a healthy majority of people would be willing to...

I suppose the host could change the rules, but...

ksharpe (2/21/2012)

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in Canada we had Family Day yesterday - Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan only - leaving only March or April, depending on Easter, June and November without a stat holiday...

Ahhh, apologies. Meant to say...

The questions are framed in a strange way to me, since my blog is mine, not shared.

I wouldn't have voted for a SOPA bill that looks to block sites or...

Apologies. The wrong item checked. 1,2,3,5 are correct.

Points awarded back

I see it's working. Yikes, I hope that's not how you feel most days :w00t:

I'd install SP1, if for no other reason than if I have issues, MS support will want it. It appears to be very stable. However make sure you test it...

cengland0 (2/19/2012)

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emmchild (2/18/2012)

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Sales should be paid based on their ability to bring in new business. If a developer, NOT a programmer, can bring in business then pay them both...

I might start gathering some metrics, get an idea how long some reindexing takes, some important queries/reports, and document. Then go to 60GB.

Easier to go up than down, so I'd...

I think we have some of the changes surfacing in the Recent Activity. We do create threads, and have wanted discussions for scripts, so this might be appearing.

I think it's...

SQL Server wants to take all the memory it needs and can be slow to release it back to the OS. That is the way it's designed, which is why...

I'd export the packages, keep them in VCS (free one like Subversion). Then deploy the new one. If it is not correct, or there is an issue, delete it, import...

Not sure. Can you email your gif to the webmaster and we'll see if we can find the issue?