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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (5/28/2009)


    Gaaaahhhh.... I get really focused on my real life and work for a couple of days and I miss all the excitement. :w00t:

    I'm...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Roy Ernest (5/28/2009)


    I know that I am going to be kicked from several sides for this statement.... But here it is..

    "There are two animals that I dislike, One is Snake...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (5/28/2009)


    Cats were worshipped as gods in ancient Egypt. Cats have never forgotten that.

    Dogs serve their owners with unconditional love,

    Cats let us live because it suits them...for now.

    That being said,...

  • RE: DTS package

    GilaMonster (5/28/2009)


    Pradyothana Shastry (5/28/2009)


    Use msdb

    go

    select * from sysdtspackages

    Why do you keep on repeating what other people post?

    Agreed, I can understand if the posts were a few minutes apart, maybe...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Time to switch to BIGINT! Next stop, 1,000,000! 😀

  • RE: SQl server gets Restarted when i run the DBCC Check table command

    Here's a silly question, how far back are you on the Service Pack for SQL 2005? I know it sounds strange but we had an old server that slipped...

  • RE: Maintenance Plan - All Jobs are failed!!!

    Here's something to try. Create a very basic test job with a single step comprising of a nonsensical step that will pass, such as use 'msdb' If that...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Simon was once trying to sell SQL Compare to a company and they questioned the value. He pulled out two phone books from different years and 100lb note. Said if...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (5/27/2009)

    Discussing this, just in jest will get the thread to 5000 posts pretty quickly.

    Hmmm...a challenge? Who will be the 5000th post?

    Will there be a prize? 😀

  • RE: Accessing dm_db_index_physical_stats taking a long time

    GilaMonster (5/22/2009)


    Gaby Abed (5/22/2009)


    In trying to determine which are the best candidates, I queried sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats.

    I'm curious. What's in index physical stats that you're using to determine the best clustered index?

    I...

  • RE: MCITP SQL 2008 DBA

    How long before 2008 adoption starts to outpace 2005? I'm currently studying for the 2005 MCITP and will then take the upgrade exam at some point, that is unless...

  • RE: Powershell and Administration

    I am actually excited at the possibilities of automating a lot of my work with Powershell. I enjoy scripts (having had fun with shell scripts and Perl in the...

  • RE: Do You Have a Problem?

    Steve Jones - Editor (5/21/2009)


    Andy Warren (5/21/2009)


    - There is logic and value in buying a little more hardware than you need, especially if the problem goes away

    Absolutely. We did the...

  • RE: Reindexing a badly designed database

    Grant Fritchey (5/20/2009)


    Changing as little as possible... yeah, that's probably a good way to go. I assume that the larger index is the most common access path? If the smaller...

  • RE: What's a strong password .. really ?

    Tim Walker (5/20/2009)


    RBarryYoung (5/19/2009)


    What's a strong password .. really ?

    "Rumpelstiltskin". Definitely. 😀

    That made me chortle, we clearly have similar senses of humour (or some might say...

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