Holy screenshots BIDSman !

I remember when I had to stop using int in favor of bigint in the identity field of a few of my tables. I don't think I have any that...

This is a good idea, I would have liked this in my last developer role. As a DBA, I prefer the higher walls and less noise so I can figure...

I've had glass door type offices and cubicles... I think the cubes work better honestly, when I was part of a team supporting a very large server environment having everyone...

I work at one of those regulated companies (banks) too...there are no rules that a good relationship can break, hell if my Mother was the DBA she couldn't give me...

I agree with the benefits of having the production support/DBA folks learn the business they are supporting. When I was in 2nd line support it was very helpful to know...

He did say "dirty read is no problem at all"...so what you are asking for help with is the performance of the reports, is that correct?

If you are trying...

funny the difference between DBA and "DBA"...

One of my favorites is:

"What do you want to do differently once you have filled this position that you cannot do now?"

If they don't have a clear cut answer...

The company I work for has in total over 20,000 instances of SQL Server. Crazy to think about from a DBA perspective and literally a nightmare when it comes to...

That's great...I have always said that even charging $1 for IT services between departments inside most companies would eliminate stuff like this, in your case the 'cost' was the extra...

I have never seen or used this Access database create tool, but it seems that you are connecting to your new database under two different contexts, the VB .NET express...

Hello,

The SNAPSHOT isolation level would have to be enabled at the database level before you could use it, so you will want to check with the DBA, if that's you,...

These are different components of SQL server, and different editions like Compact Edition. Having these will not negatively impact your PC's performance unless you are trying to run an instance...

So you will be reworking the asp page to use whatever new design you come up with then? From my initial look at it, it will be pretty drastically different...