Paul, I see your point, but if a company has several servers fail in 1 financial year and the IT budget goes out of the window, I'd be asking why...

Hi, I've noticed that db_ssisitduser is being classed as a correct answer where SQL BOL 2008 states there is no such user, I'm guessing there's a typo here and the...

We could debate and argue about Global Warming for an eternity, or until either side is proven correct, but the question still remains..

Steve, are you going to keep your Porsche???

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I recently attended a Investment outlook seminar (I have to being a Member Nominated Trustee of the company pension scheme), one of the speakers had an interesting view on the...

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Can someone PLEASE translate; I don't understand the first couple of sentences! 😀

I agree that the abbreviations are to me a foreign language and one I've no intention of learning,...

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We're just trialling Vista now, as in one of the IT lads installed it on Friday, I had a quick look but my 1st impression is yeah, it looks very good appearance...

I'm waiting on delivery of Log Rescue, I tried the trial software and thought it was the a really useful tool to have.

I'll keep you posted once I've recieved and...

Just about anything that's going really, as long as it doesn't have pineapple or sweetcorn in it!

But you can't go wrong with a bacon and egg sandwich in the morning to...

We issue all engineers and Directors with Blackberry's now. Some still have laptops too, but if lost/stolen, the blackberry's can be wiped and rendered useless by send out a kill...

I've created a SQL Server Performance Condition Alert that was based on file size rather % used on an old server I have.

It mails me when the file size of the...

Years ago, I worked for a group of Opticians, so got all my eyetests/glasses/shades etc free. I still get free annual eyetest paid for by my current employer. My eyesite...

I've recently Disabled Hyperthreading on a new DW Server (HP DL380).

The reduction in performace was impacting the business quite severely with HT enabled.

In comparrision the old DW Server (dual PIII 933Mhz)...

This question has confused me,

BOL states you can change the dependency of the services.

scm [-?]

    -Action {1 | 2 | 3 | 4...

I'd go for the staging table approach, I've done similar tasks in the past and have created a working table to manipulate the data in rather than attempting a straight...

I'm glad to see I'm not losing the plot. Answering a question correctly and recieving no points for it is not the end of the world. I'm sure we'll all...