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  • RE: Database Size

    Tom.Thomson (3/31/2010)


    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    I do love an ambiguous/controversial QotD: the discussion is always fascinating.

    Fascinating isn't the word I would use for this discussion: the number of different wrong answers...

  • RE: Declarative Data Integrity

    Tom.Thomson (3/31/2010)


    Peter Trast (3/30/2010)


    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    Thank you for making my head hurt!

    You don't like T-SQL much, do you? 🙂 Seems to have a bad effect on the condition of...

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    Paul White NZ (3/31/2010)


    vk-kirov (3/31/2010)


    Nice find, thank you. So, if it barks like a dog, it behaves like a dog, what is it?...

    It is a duck, with some arguably...

  • RE: Full backup Scenario

    Paul White NZ (3/31/2010)


    Tom.Thomson (3/29/2010)


    There are a couple of additional things backup could do to improve performance: at some point before starting to write pages to backup media, it could...

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    Peter Trast (3/30/2010)


    Impeccable logic Paul 😉

    Given the bird theme, I suppose it should be im-peck-able logic really 😀

    (sorry)

    Booooo.... lol...

  • RE: Declarative Data Integrity

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    Thank you for making my head hurt!

    You don't like T-SQL much, do you? 🙂 Seems to have a bad effect on the condition of your skull...

  • RE: Multi-statement execution

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    This question made my head hurt.

    Isn't that normal?

  • RE: TRUNCATE

    Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)


    vk-kirov (3/3/2010)


    So, db_ddladmin can run any DDL command; db_ddladmin can run TRUNCATE TABLE. This means TRUNCATE is a DDL command, I believe 🙂

    Crows are birds.

    All crows are...

  • RE: Policy Based Management

    si downes-267745 (3/29/2010)


    The Ability to Define Standard Policies

    Am I being too pedantic in thinking that Policy Management doesn't 'define' policies but it does enable us to enforce them. Am...

  • RE: Encryption

    If AES 126 is NOT a typo, it is definitely out... but...

    If AES 128 was what was meant, there is some argument in security circles as to whether AES 256...

  • RE: Policy-Based Management

    Great question! It is always good to be thinking about which db needs a backup after a change like PBM or some other feature.

  • RE: What will be output?

    I LOVE implicit conversions! 😀

  • RE: SSMS - feature

    I guessed the "right" answer, but when I tried it in a clean install of 2008, I had no pop-up or highlighted text. When I pressed CTRL, nothing happened unless...

  • RE: Encryption

    Open Minded (3/23/2010)


    If SQL 2008 was part of the choices, my guess would have been wrong as I decided to choose the newest of the three.

    Yeah, same...

  • RE: Policy Based Management

    Perfect timing! I just taught that Module today 😀

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