How about warning people that they might be needed, then you can invite them in if/when needed - and just as important, release them afterwards. That way information, time and...

mtassin (1/21/2010)

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david.wright-948385 (1/21/2010)

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I bet this will turn out to be another "the intention of QOD is to make people think" or "you can't comment on this if you haven't submitted...

Luck (in this case) means you got the right answer without taking all the issues into consideration. You just...

Luck then!

How'd you do that without knowing which version of SQL Server it was asking about, or whether the model database had been...

Hey, if points are returned/awarded do I get points for not answering cos the correct answer wasn't there? :hehe::w00t:

sjimmo (1/21/2010)

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Technically, none of the answers are correct. The default size of a newly created database is based upon the size of the model database. I haven't worked with 2008,...

Ben Moorhouse (1/12/2010)

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Steve Jones - Editor (1/12/2010)

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LOL, just a suggestion. Not trying to be too overbearing. Besides, a good manager should help you with suggestions, getting you to move in...

Yes, I much prefer working for a smaller company, or at least a small, reasonably autonomous part of a big one, and I've been lucky enough to do so for...

From experience in a very similar position, I took the people who should be using the data down the pub (sorry, I'm English!) and discussed their jobs, targets, difficulties and...

I really enjoy your editorials Steve, and I have the greatest respect for your abilities and experience but...

Perhaps I got out of the wrong side of the bed this...

Looks like you're catching the most likely causes but ignoring them. Take out the try/catch blocks and look in the application log.

... or even easier than that:

raiserror("something to log",0,0) with log

Not ideal cos it clutters the sql and application logs, but very simple and reliable.

Surely the point is that people should do what they enjoy and (hopefully) what they're good at, not be persuaded because of some strange belief that everything should be gender...

Very often logging needs to be done within a transaction and be made available even if the transaction is rolled back. Aren't SB messages rolled back, so in that situation...