I think I see what I was not doing right -- I had 'results to grid', and when I switch it to 'results to text' and copy and paste that...

Lowell: I will experiment a little with that. However, when I run your query as you've written it, the copy a definition into SSMS it comes through as...

I am as likely to solve a problem when away from work as when I am at work. As mentioned above, walking around seems to help -- I...

We have 1x6.5, and probably 10x2008 with a few 2005's thrown in for good measure. The 6.5 instance runs our manufacturing plant.

There are very very few solid lines in my company, and from what I can see that is increasingly the case with most organizations. The rigid, hierarchical command and...

Eric M Russell (5/6/2011)

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What I would find impressive are case studies about state or even federal government agencies, like the IRS or the California Department Of Motor Vehicles, using SQL...

I second that -- CIA or NSA. From what I understand, virtually all internet/telecommunications/satellite traffic is vacuumed up by them.

Ron Porter (2/10/2011)

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DavidL (2/10/2011)

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We're one of those places still running 6.5, as well as 2005 and 2008. About 6 years ago we moved it (6.5) to a virtual machine,...

We're one of those places still running 6.5, as well as 2005 and 2008. About 6 years ago we moved it (6.5) to a virtual machine, because finding hardware...

Grant Fritchey (11/23/2010)

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DavidL (11/22/2010)

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I've been trying to think of why exactly I feel these devices are oversold for many circumstances (I do not use one, but some on my team...

I've been trying to think of why exactly I feel these devices are oversold for many circumstances (I do not use one, but some on my team do, and virtually...

I have seen any number of really cool apps and things that iphones etc. can do, and I am as wowed by them as the next guy. However I...

As far as sex in the workplace goes, there is nothing to talk about. Just because I am a man and work with a woman in the same workplace...

Then there's sex. No one touched on it this week, but sex, love, emotions evoked by others are a part of our workplace. They shouldn't be, but how can you...

Old style reports such as many of us are used to in crystal or reporting services etc. generally have no business dealing with 5mm rows.

HOWEVER, there are many newer...