I can't say all the ways that it's hardcoded filegroups might affect it, but the vendor stated that they do not support creating filegroups. I can say there is a...

Same. But in my case, you aren't able to add filegroups due to the vendor's application having a specific, hard-coded number of filegroups. I'm not sure of any alternatives to...

Are there alternative methods for rebalancing data among files in a filegroup? The method you describe above is the only one that I know and the one recommended to me...

Interesting timing for this editorial. In two weeks, I'm switching jobs for the first time in nearly a decade. Along with the switch, my title is going from Database Administrator...

How dare you besmirch the good name of "actionable insights" sir! Take it back! Take back what you said!

Sincerely,

Dog & Pony Shows

😉

Steve -

Regarding topics... I'm becoming more of a fan of case-study style material. Something that walks through a story; the type of problem faced, how the problem was noticed,...

My Vote: SQL in the City Virginia Beach... Steve Jones comes home. 🙂

I agree with what the others have chimed in with. Without support for SFTP, the FTP task is worthless in my opinion. I typically use Execute Process task to kick...

Great editorial Rodney. Obviously something that hits home with many of us in similar points in our career.

There is a position opening at my employer this summer that would be...

I am an Evernote junkie. OneNote used to be my favorite application, but once I understood how Evernote beat OneNote on tagging and sync'ing across platforms and devices, Evernote became...

Perfectly put Phil. The most egregious example I've seen to date was in a PASS pre-conference seminar that contained both the harshest of profanities and blasphemy. Not only was the...

Nice write-up. Having been to events as attendee, organizer, speaker, and volunteer, I totally agree that they are much more enjoyable if you are involved in some capacity.

I chuckled when I saw the title of this article as I was working on a recursive CTE just last Friday and ran into circular references. I laughed out...

I got an error logging in on Windows mobile 6.1 but still let me in. However, radio buttons to select an answer don't work on my platform. I...

I would likely have been a carnie, a fur trader, or (dare to dream) both.