Thanks. Didn't know this for SQL Server. Similar concept to another platforam that I use.

Got it wrong but I'm pleased to only pay big prices on big servers. Too late for me though I'm already committed to a EE production install on friday. Next...

Thanks. I learned something useful here. I have a use for GZIP compression as its compatible with 2 different platforms that I'm using.

So far so good.

I now have SQL Server 2016 ( Developer ) running on Windows Server 2016.

Good Question. Thanks. Learned something useful here.

I also don't use Datetime as it's not accurate enough. I use Date , Time & Datetime2 as these correspond to my other Database that I use ( DB2 )...

From an Apple Laptop even. Amazing connectivity.

I'd only just done one of these when the Question arrived.

Richard Warr (5/16/2014)

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paul.goldstraw (5/16/2014)

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Maybe he's running SQL Server 2012 QOTD...

+1

Not suggesting anything but I see a lot of these...

Enjoyed this one. Had a wee chuckle when I saw what you'd done.

Good one !

David

Thanks Steve. This was a really good question. Thanks to Microsoft by doing a major release on April Fools' Day.

In my Country one of the Government Departments wanted to implement...

Where does this definition called "hardened" come from ? Is it an Installation Option ? Is it a setting somewhere ? Is it just local knowledge ?

I don't think that...

It's interesting to note that it is assumed that the remote server is a SQL Server.

I use OpenQuery to retrieve data from a DB2 Database via a Linked Server.

DB2...

ronmoses (3/6/2014)

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Richard Warr (3/6/2014)

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It's anything but logical behaviour and you can only get the question correct if you know that caveat on the REPLACE function (or if you just run...