Don't forget the "How much longer?" chant rejoinder!

Heh. Very good! I find your writing style very reminiscent of Phil Factor's, maybe it's a Brit thing. :hehe:

I'm constantly amazed at how distance is relative. We...

Encrypted backups = good.

Encrypted data on disk = ???

I can see some scenarios to maintain keys/certificates, along the lines of giving critical personnel (I was going to say key personnel,...

bitbucket (5/12/2008)

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...Reading the many comments of those who have remained with 2000 I wonder how many understand or even know the effect of the compatibility level of a database in...

Phil Factor (5/12/2008)

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If Microsoft claim that they have lost interest in maintaining and developing SQL Server 2005, maybe we ought to suggest to them, with a straight face,...

All of my servers: 14 instances on 8 boxes, 20+ databases; are 2000. I'd like to get them to 2005 just in case we have a support issue, but...

Jeff Moden (5/7/2008)

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Carl Federl (5/7/2008)

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Another great article ! Thanks

The first reference for a tally table that I can recall is in "Guide to Sybase and SQL Server" by C....

jack (5/7/2008)

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I totally agree with Chris!

Recently had a review and after ~1hr of kudos we came to the dreaded areas for improvement section...

The negative was that I wasn't 5 minutes...

Someguy (5/7/2008)

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...Apparently this company thinks that allowing me the honor of being a walking billboard for their marketing wing is sufficient incentive to pay too much money for their product....

Samuel Clough (5/7/2008)

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I actually think this deal made Microsoft only look desperate. The technical side of the merger would be a nightmare experience where you would probably loose most...

Excellent article, Jeff! I came across an interesting date table article on Tech Republic that was linked here yesterday after it re-surfaced at BuilderAU.Com.au, I updated the loader to...

Carl Federl (5/7/2008)

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Another great article ! Thanks

The first reference for a tally table that I can recall is in "Guide to Sybase and SQL Server" by C. J. Date...

Very cool, very useful. I can definitely use something like this, but I have GOT to learn Reporting Services first! :hehe:

jeff.williams3188 (5/4/2008)

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...It is never a good idea to shrink either the database or the transaction log on a production system. You manage the size of the transaction log by...

Matt Miller (5/5/2008)Still - I have to say I'm surprised that he would begrudge anyone their good fortune. Hiring the top talent has always been the purview of those...