I think an outage is any time a customer cannot use the system, for any reason not due to their own inability or lack of training.

To me, the only question...

What's the correct answer? I thought it was MDX, but the correct answer listed was DMX.

Thanks,

webrunner

PS - Is SQL Server Integration Services needed for SQL Server Agent to work properly?

I thought that was the case, but I am not sure if that applies only to...

Hello again,

I just wanted to let you know that I found out the source of the LOCKINFO file. I had forgotten that one of my colleagues had researched a way...

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, in this case, bouncing the SQL Server Agent service did not solve the problem. It appears to have helped some of the jobs to...

Thanks!

webrunner

Not to sound corny, but, "You're both right."

Johan is right to be concerned about civil liberties issues that come up in the context of technology, and that some of them...

Sorry, I know I'm breaking the promise I made to myself not to weigh in on this conspiracy discussion, but I did do my moment of silence and I do...

I second GermanDBA. Whether or not there are conspiracies afoot, I think we can all agree on a moment of silence for those who lost their lives on 9/11, and...

I see your points (about the wouldn't have worked and about the cold-hearted).

But for certain places, such as healthcare and law enforcement, coldhearted can save lives, so I can accept...

Some would change passwords just before telling the person they are terminated so they won't even have time to put in any backdoors, etc.

webrunner

Hi Steve,

Great point. I know that everyone in an organization thinks that their corner is the one that should get the most resources, but your editorial does make the case...

Look at the question I posted and the discussion. The log file you describe is almost 10 times bigger than the one we had.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=357&messageid=361719#bm364856

The raw size of the...

1, from SQL Server Worldwide User Group (SSWUG).

I didn't know that one could get SQL Server Central shirts. How? 🙂

Thanks to everyone for their help.

webrunner