Right clicking and running SSMS as administrator worked for me as well. But I have to say, it seems pretty silly to have this issue - the credentials we're using...

Stefano - go figure that they only used Excel up until now! That's pretty funny!

By and large, I think this is a personal preference - most times having to do with personal history and experience. If you've been working with VB for a long...

I have two external hard drives that I back up to. One I keep in a fireproof box in the house, the other in a safety deposit box at the...

Most companies I've worked for have a 6 month probation period. At my current company, there is a 3 month review (which is more informal, but sets goals for the...

Don't skimp on the chair. It's something that we do spend a significant amount of time in, and can either make life comfortable or miserable. Like other posters mentioned -...

Great article Jagan. Nice to see how they stack up against each other from the technical side.

- Chicago deep dish pizza

- Couple of good, cold six packs

- Access to any movie that suits my mood; along with projector, screen, and full surround sound - in the...

Very handy - thanks for the article and examples Divya. And thanks for the performance info Senthilnathan.

I think that certifications may warrant talking with someone about a position, but are not the be-all-end-all solution to saying someone is qualified for the job. A favorite answer around...

Sylvia - nice article to get started with. I also like to look at performance monitor to get an idea of peak load on the CPU, Memory, Disk utilization, etc....

I'm a big fan of the 2005 (and 08) maintenance plans. Huge improvement over 2000. They are very straightforward and can accomodate most of the scenarios that DBAs run into....

I like the idea of a system that can point managers in the right direction. However, once they get that information - they need to decide on what to do...

I'd agree with most of the postings - beware of dynamic SQL and make sure to check the execution plans of several different queries that get run depending upon the...

Same here...I expected to see mssqlsystemresource in the choices. The Resource name threw me, especially since it doesn't show up under any other name.