My company currently runs an SQL 2000 instance to support ERP software. We tried to upgrade just the database a few years ago, but the ERP vendor said it would...

The problems of how to present data and what data to collect are connected but somewhat separate issues, and there are costs associated with both.

At my workplace we had...

Thanks for the fine article. It raises a few questions for me.

- How is the optimizer affected by FF?

- If a FF of 50 is used, causing twice as...

I would agree with Roger's reply for outside, automated attacks. If these folks are shutdown after 3 to 5 tries they will move on to someone else. For inside attacks,...

As a beekeeper I can't help but reply. A swarm of bees is usually triggered by overcrowding of the hive in the spring or early summer. About half of the...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/5/2010)

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I think that women and men are different. We ought to operate under the same rules, and be treated fairly, with equivalent opportunities, but we...

There probably is a better tool than Crystal, but we use that simply because it interfaces nicely with our ERP software and we know how to use it. I must...

I think it's important to distinguish between reports which are meant to be looked at as a unit and possibly printed, as opposed to a dump of data that finance...

If the server running SQL Server has been virtualized it would be possible to make a snapshot before the upgrade, then roll back to that snapshot later if needed. Of...

I would have to agree with GSquared on...

blandry (7/14/2009)

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Just once, just one time I would like to see a dialog message saying "What you are about to do is really stupid. Are you sure you want...

We have gotten into the habit of formatted documentation in the header with standard stuff at the top describing who, what, when, etc. Then a revision section with numbered revisions,...

Our file and print server will probably be our first production VM.

Being in a manufacturing environment means I have to be very careful about anything that will interrupt the plant...

SQAPro (6/15/2009)

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dld (6/15/2009)

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Another potential benefit is replacing older legacy servers that you know are on the far side of the MTBF curve, and are existing on borrowed time. ...

I'm kind of with Grasshopper on this. We have a few dozen servers, all with direct attached storage. To go virtual, and really take advantage of high availability and disaster...