Grant, if 61 is old, I'm not sure what category I'm in.  Old Plus, maybe?

Just like you can still find apps built on Cobol and dBASE II, you will not...

I consider this a basic part of delivering first class service to our customers.  We use Log Shipping for SQL Server data, and Hyper-V VM Replication for many critical servers. ...

I  kept trying to understand if this applied to our setup or not.  I do use a dedicated TempDB drive for each node in a Failover cluster of SQL Servers. ...

Loved the analysis, one thing bothered me.  Either I have a gross misunderstanding or the author said something incorrectly:

Fill factor is defined as the maximum percent of the fullness...

Good question, and I wondered the same thing.  I took the defaults when I built the volumes on the S2D Pool.  This query shows that the block size is 4096,...

I think the two most important things are a keyboard that suits YOU, and a big monitor.  I use a Dell 34 inch curved monitor, and I like it so...

Can someone explain to me the difference between the horrible, trendy neoword "rearchitected" and the simple, elegant, perfectly adequate word "redesigned" please?  I'm fine with folks that need an ego...

To answer several questions:

No, we don't use a web app.  Using a web service would certainly isolate SQL Server from the authentication issue, but it would just move...

I see your point if you live in a world where all your users are part of your domain.  But if you serve up applications that connect to SQL Server...

I have read Jeff's article, both in the past and an hour ago. His examples aren't things we do at the TSQL level very often. I'm wondering what...

I agree with one poster who said that seeing examples by some of you that have used them to get set based answers, or simplify complex queries, would be very...