Well, keep it if you think you need it, that is all. Backup failures should never be taken trivially, atleast not more than one, a responsible alert system has to...

Seeing someone did something << Just want to clarify what MS CSS and several MVPs have said, the transaction log is not an auditing tool, it is never meant to...

Also I agree with you when you say that the best way to protect yourself against malevolent scripts is to understand what the script is doing before you run...

The author himself providing clarifications on where the script works and where it doesn't is not enough for his/her scripts to be considered trustworthy to be run on a production...

I don't believe it is useless and really appreciate the amount of work it has taken. But there are two caveats when it comes to using things like this, one...

Yes that was my thought too, lot of very detailed research and very well written, but what practical use would you put this to?

The above two points (know what the product can do not necessarily how, and knowing where to go to ask for help) is about how far anyone using the product...

Steve, wholly understand that...am wondering if we should request Jeremiah for some time during the summit for those of us who are there atleast to get together for coffee and...

All, is everyone working on something or have we lapsed into busy mode/silence again? Checked the sharepoint a few times and looks like we have:).

My 'hero' in the professional world happens to be a somewhat less known MVP and SQL Server BI Professional. He is a young man from my part of town, with...

Great Article Steve. Want to add few words to what others are saying...it is *likely* people realize your worth sometimes when you are gone, it is also likely to go...

Jeff, thank you for teh timely reminder, i will check the site tonight and post some responses. I am not sure how much time i have (much less than last...

Paul, this is invaluable info!! Thanks very much. I used this as guidance to weed out the adhoc queries and it worked great. Thank you both Paul and Grant, appreciate...

I will do that next time it happens. We use a monitoring tool, Quest Performance Analysis, perhaps it calls the wait state by a differetn name. I will ask Quest....

Thank you Grant. The problem usually happens during peak times and we do not get enough time to troubleshoot in detail. This appears to help them so we have to...