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  • RE: The Scary DBA

    At a previous job, I got the unpopular team leader. The foolish man went on leave on his birthday (which we all knew about) and left his drawers unlocked....


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    October 31, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    #747253

  • RE: Mastering maintenance and optimization

    If you can, wait until SQL 2008 comes out. And do lots of testing. There was an article or editorial on this site about this recently.

    As for the...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    August 8, 2007 at 10:18 pm

    #725605

  • RE: SQL Server installation - Express or Standard??

    SQL Server 2005 Express actually has a 4GB database size limit. It has also been throttled so it can only use 1GB RAM.

    SQL Server Standard Edition can't be installed...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    August 8, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    #725591

  • RE: White Space delimited file

    Just did a quick play around with SSIS.

    In the Flat File Connection Manager, skipped the first 4 rows as Header rows.

    Under Columns (select from left-hand side), set the...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    August 8, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    #725588

  • RE: Question of the Day for 25 Jul 2007

    I got D as well. My reasoning being that SQL would probably handle the memory part by itself and that there are no guarantees that it is memory causing...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    July 25, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    #722411

  • RE: Certification Rumors and Tips

    I think as far as companies go, having a certification keeps the HR droids and other management happy - it gives them a quick indication of who might be suitable...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    July 5, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    #717509

  • RE: Database Mirroring & Service Pack 2 installation

    Cool, thanks. I always have trouble finding stuff on the MS site. End up clicking my mouse to death.


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    March 7, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    #693645

  • RE: sql agent starting

    Anything in the SQLAGENT or ERRORLOG logs?

    Did you set the service account using Mgmt Studio (as opposed to Service Manager in Windows)?


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    January 17, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    #683855

  • RE: Mirroring and network outages

    Not sure if it is the way to go, but we're planning to just pause mirroring & let the transactions sit in the log then resume when we're done. ...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    January 17, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    #683843

  • RE: Mount points vs. drive letters....

    Funny you should mention a cluster with multiple instances. That's something I've been tasked with investigating as part of a consolidation project, hence why it popped into my head.

    Good...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    October 29, 2006 at 12:14 pm

    #668647

  • RE: Log Shipping Monitor - changing where it runs

    Finally found something. Haven't tried it yet. It was on http://www.experts-exchange.com, but is now only in Google cache as the question has been removed.


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    June 21, 2006 at 7:25 pm

    #645176

  • RE: Disappearing DBAs

    I am reminded of a comment a project manager once made (he was IT savvy as well) regarding Windows. I think Windows NT4 was just out or about to...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    June 5, 2006 at 1:59 pm

    #641818

  • RE: Pick on Windows Poll

    "Microsoft Works"

    'nuff sed.


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    March 5, 2006 at 12:31 pm

    #624789

  • RE: Question of the Day for 23 Nov 2005

    Another ditto here.


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    November 23, 2005 at 11:56 am

    #605522

  • RE: How To Mess Up An Interview

    Cursing is a sure sign of NON-Intelligence. Intelligent people do not curse. They are smart enough to express themselves with proper grammar.

    I disagree with this statement. Cursing...


    Scott Duncan

    MARCUS. Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour.
    TITUS. Why, I have not another tear to shed;
    --Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare

    October 19, 2005 at 1:50 pm

    #598463

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