just a quick question should the \\ be in the physical path or should it be \

Good Article Jeff, appreciate you sharing it with the rest of us 😀

Depends on the company, I have worked as both production and development DBA.

Development DBA's tend to be more development focused, working with developers, core skills more focused on T-SQL, writing...

made my day so far, thanks for that, nearly fell off my chair 😛

Worked on a lot of consolidation projects, seems to be more the latest buzz word rather than a concept that gives consistent results to the business. Unless it is planned...

Must be an american recruiter 😛

if you dont have a connection, it will being up the connect dialog, if not it will open and connect to what every server you are currently connected to.

got to ask...

why is your publisher and distributor in different domains. and just out of curiosity is there trust between the domains

Interesting, cannot say i have noticed it, i thought that was the default action regardless of OS version.

Marios Philippopoulos (11/9/2009)

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Can someone explain to me, in simple terms, why enabling AWE is a good idea in 64-bit SQL?

The following msdn link supports this idea, although, with due respect...

Sorry I dont have one atm, maybe someone less busy will have time to find one for you.

hmm, hard to reply, based on USA in general, rates on average are from $70-200 per hour depending on skill/experience, or as low as $55, depends on how extensive your...

SQLFan-933088 (11/6/2009)

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I don't see a section for contractors so I hope this one is ok...

Does anyone have a source for researching the current *contractor* or *consultant* hourly rates? I find...

clive-421796 (11/6/2009)

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Hi Silverfox, here's a question. I have 5yrs + SQLDBA experience, of that 1 yrs SQL Reporting + SSIS experience. I want to add some C# development skills. Which...

To be honest, best way to learn is to get a reference book on the tool that you want to learn. Pick an application/task that you want to create and...