Nice to see someone playing devil's advocate.

I'm not sure that I totally agree although I have very limited XML exposure.

My understanding is that the rules about what an XML file...

Actually, I quite like the idea behind the multiple clipboard thing, it is just the implementation that is crap!

It would be nice to be able to save one of these...

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I generally put in some text that allows me to get past the assistants balloon help and into the actual help file...

I think the problem with Access is that it is an end-user database and as such has to be as simple and as forgiving as possible.

This is fine, but how...

How about you type in a search term, the QA Assistant refuses to return entries for that search term, but only returns synonyms plus 3 random entries. Just like...

Thats the baby. Thanks

I agree with this 100%

• Don't use spaces in table names
• Stick to alphanumerics, (preferably without the numerics unless you absolutely must)
• Don't use reserved words for tables i.e have a...

Can anyone remember the SP that fixes orphaned users?

I seem to remember that if the login name and user name were the same it assigns a matching SID.

Keith,

You sound as disillusioned with UK Education as the parents who care!

My experience of school IT was 30 of us kids sharing a Commodore pet, then shortly afterwards having 8...

I would like the following features within Yukon.

• Upgradeable MS XML component. At present SQL2000 locks you into MS XML3.0
• Not really a SQL Server issue but ...

I always wondered what it was that made something other than an animal masculine or feminine.

Someone told me that in French if a bloke liked it then it would be...

I tend to think that software engineers are to programmers what mechanical engineers are to car mechanics.

• Fruit picker
• Gardener
• Odd job man
• Commodore Pet Basic and 6502 programmer
• dBASE II/Clipper programmer
• HP3000 Image3000 programming
• Cognos Quiz programming
• VB Access SQL developer
• Dad
• Statistician
• Web DBA and CMS Specialist

Still doing...

I've seen an article somewhere describing how existing file systems such as FAT & NTFS are going to be replaced by databases. The argument was that the existing file...

Thanks Tom, that is a very clear description.

Does anyone know if this a generic SQL Server/Sybase issue. I see that alzdba has experienced it with SQL7 SP2 but does...