Matt Algate (4/28/2010)

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My background is in Accounting and Business Administration - an often overlooked risk organizations need to manage is record retention...

PLEASE understand the legal implications of having data you...

I am inclined to agree with you. They aren't...

If you have ever looked at the massive FIX list of some of these SP's I think many will come to the conclusion that the SP's are not merely a...

Jeff Moden (4/24/2010)

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Heh... supposed time wasted in meetings is the least of my worries. A bazillion emails and IM's are a total waste of time compared to the productive...

Steve Jones - Editor (4/23/2010)

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Good to see some people doing this.

I'm torn on the disk space argument. It does cost $$, but so does people's time. If there are other...

Absolutely yes! We just completed a production archival of over 150 million records we no longer needed on our daily production boxes. It's not really complex to do, but you...

I thought this was standard practice for Mickeysoft anyway. 😀

To my knowledge, an ALTER still does not update the timestamp on the object where DROP/CREATE does and that has always been a little bit of an annoyance for me....

Always be careful what you expect when you use the word "expect" in anything in life... 😀

:w00t: I was wondering why they...

Priceless! and spot on too. 😀

Continuing your education in IT is kind of like going to the Chiropractor. Once you start going, you find yourself always going back to keep yourself tuned up and in...

Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager. Wouldn't leave home without it. 🙂

As a DBA and falling under Sarbanes-Oxley audit standards I never change Production data based on some Manager just coming up and telling me to do so that is outside...

I have absolutely no problem with companies, and their associated IT departments cutting costs and streamlining operations where ever they can these days. However, I draw the line on this...