The TPC benchmarks are significantly different than managing a live production system.  I wouldn't make a blanket statement about shutting off parallelism across the board.  In many cases, there is...

I'll throw in my two cents here.  I think waiting a few months after the initial release is the better side of caution.  Being resolute to not use it until...

The most likely reason for this would be them having trouble with parallelism in their queries.  Instead of troubleshooting the issue, they just shut it off completely. 

Dave, is this for SQL Server 2005 or SQL SErver 2000?

I had to blow away my laptop with 2005 betas on it.    I'll try to get back to you in a couple days. ...

ERWin and Embarcadero both have the ability to export to a website.  They could view it there and print off each page.

Can you ping the server? 

What account is the SQL Server running under?  Is it running as Local Service or a domain account?  If it's running as a domain account,...

We had over 300.  The brain who created it then ran out of space.  That didn't stop him.  He just created original_table_extended.  Now it has about 100 columns in it. ...

Use the Add/Remove.  It works fine.  I just got done doing this (again).    Stupid demos.

If the used space is NEVER getting anywhere close to the total size of the log files anymore, then you might want to consider using ALTER DATABASE to alter the...

Did you already have the Visual Studio Beta installed when you tried installing the CTP?  Was it the April CTP?  If so, that specific order causes some the tools to...

You can specify the collation in your SQL Statements.  You would have to do it for every statement though, so it might end up being more work.

We have 8 4-way/8-way SQL Server on Windows 2003 SP1 with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP3a on an EMC SAN.  We haven't seen any issues.  I would definitely recommend...

Post the name of the hosting company here.  I want to know the name so I never do business with them.  After you're done posting, point them to this site. ...

What type of event?  Are you talking about the messages produced when you use SQL Mail for automated alerts?