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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    djj - Friday, February 3, 2017 4:45 AM

    Well half the company got notice of layoff yesterday, including yours truly. 
    I am to...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    February 3, 2017 at 7:36 am

    #1926590

  • RE: Byte Me: Avoiding Detection

    Eric M Russell - Wednesday, February 1, 2017 6:25 AM

    Luis Cazares - Wednesday, February 1, 2017 6:19...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    February 1, 2017 at 8:36 am

    #1926110

  • RE: Byte Me: Avoiding Detection

    I have to be very careful, as I sit next to a project manager.

    Come to think of it, at previous places, sitting next to / opposite a PM...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    February 1, 2017 at 1:56 am

    #1926010

  • RE: Read how to detox your body internally!

    samuelwillia1 - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:37 AM

    Detoxing is an extremely upward trending topic in the all-natural wellness. With the amount of...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 31, 2017 at 4:13 am

    #1925800

  • RE: Sort order guaranteed?

    kevaburg - Tuesday, January 31, 2017 4:07 AM

    GilaMonster - Saturday, January 28, 2017 4:24 PM

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 31, 2017 at 4:12 am

    #1925799

  • RE: It takes 5 min to throw an error when config file is missing

    You could make the first step of your SQL Agent job a call to xp_fileexist, but it's an undocumented SP, so might not consistently behave the way you expect across...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 31, 2017 at 2:29 am

    #1925784

  • RE: Cost threshold for parallelism

    george.p - Friday, January 27, 2017 8:12 AM

    Hi guys,

    I have a question that I have read and heard differing opinions on in...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 27, 2017 at 8:29 am

    #1925353

  • RE: Sort order guaranteed?

    No.

    The only thing that guarantees the order data is returned is an "ORDER BY" clause in your SELECT statement.

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 27, 2017 at 7:56 am

    #1925338

  • RE: New 2012 Install and very poor performance.

    Starting at the bottom level...  Check the power management settings - is the VM set to run a balanced power plan (default), or the full-bore high performance plan?  Ditto the...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 27, 2017 at 7:22 am

    #1925322

  • RE: Permission set to allow user to create and manage databases

    alex.palmer - Friday, January 27, 2017 6:55 AM

    Hi

    I have a group of users who need to be able to create databases and...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 27, 2017 at 7:09 am

    #1925318

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    BWFC - Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:32 AM

    I'm going to be a DBA.  

    After a lengthy period of a declining volume of...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 25, 2017 at 5:43 am

    #1924821

  • RE: SSC Forum Updates

    Brandie Tarvin - Tuesday, January 24, 2017 6:01 AM

    Minor nitpick, but I think this falls under the same thing that might be...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 24, 2017 at 7:06 am

    #1924621

  • RE: SSC Forum Updates

    GilaMonster - Monday, January 23, 2017 3:08 AM

    There seems to be something wrong with posting quotes.

    Works fine when I try here, but...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 24, 2017 at 3:49 am

    #1924574

  • RE: How many megabytes is 128 GB?

    Gail Wanabee - Monday, January 23, 2017 5:11 PM

    The server has 160 GB of physical RAM. This number was taken from the...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 24, 2017 at 3:19 am

    #1924563

  • RE: Legacy Limits

    Markus - Friday, January 20, 2017 8:26 AM

    We have discussed this many times in the past as the new version release schedule...

    Thomas Rushton
    blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

    January 20, 2017 at 9:23 am

    #1924080

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