If I'm having a particularly irritating day, nothing beats yanking out weeds from my yard, shovelling snow in the winter and doing kickboxing (just hold still while I back-kick you)....

In my case it's a stored procedure that's apparently doing it but there are hundreds of them and none are documented so the task was daunting.  However, with what the...

Thanks!  I had a similar issue last week and thought it was sloppy programming.  The query blocked 7 other jobs. Good to keep in mind for next time.

Yeah that's what happened to me - my kid sees my Prius and goes "oooh" and I get stuck with their Leaf. Because Mom doesn't need fancy car to...

I've had mine for a month and haven't filled the tank yet and it goes pretty darn fast, to the surprise of a Jeep Cherokee one day when I cut...

should have gotten a Prius - they help save the environment

I just inherited a mess - I'm documenting everything and highlighting what needs to go and what needs to stay. I had virtually no documentation, and the person was too...

As a workaholic, I find it difficult to unplug on the weekends but am trying my best. I got a reminder from my boss to take my personal days...

I do know that alerts are set up for me to see in that future dba kinda way. I just was curious because I got two of these messages...

Thanks Padraig, it works in sql 2010 as well. Saved my tookus it did, yesss.

Thanks so much! Been having communication issues with other team member who keeps talking about indexing and I'm on the primary key jag. Now I understand what they're...

Frank - yes - I know - my office is down there too. Hope you're back to business soon! An IT mind is a dangerous thing to waste.

Thanks so much! Makes more sense now and no longer going to run away screaming when somebody says "do you know anything about this mdx thing?":w00t:

Thanks Patrick - yes that's it. Now to carefully word the email so as not to offend....

Thanks Patrick - yes that's it. Now to carefully word the email so as not to offend....