In a quick test, when you issue the command in SSMS, the GO 5 is stripped off (as seen through profiler) and the command recurs five times. When you issue...

I like Vista. I've been running it since a late Beta about a year ago (or was that two years ago). After GA release, once I got initial driver problems...

Regarding my previous posting, here are a few more:

Office products: Same as desktop/laptop OS

Programming Products: Buy MSDN subscriptions for your IT staff

Software Assurance is pretty lame. The only reason to have it for some products is, as one poster previously noted, so that you don't have to go back to the...

Why would anyone have any problem with a company advancing themselves this way? It happens all the time. It's almost an American (if not worldwide - I'm limited in data...

More vacation time. I only have 10 days/year with my most recent job whereas before I had 15. It is a great job with excellent people to work for. But...

How many of us grumbled about the five year period between the release of 2000 and 2005? Now we have a 2.5-3 year release cycle and some people still complain.

For me it isn't really the travel - I love visiting new places, seeing sites, eating the food. It is the uncomfortable beds that I had to sleep in and...

Nice article. In addition to its competence, I'm impressed with its ability to tease out a lot of first time posters.

I think one poster got it correct when he was...

I'm looking for increased technology that will allow us to drive less by virtualizing face-to-face envrionments like most high schools, colleges, and many office environments. Not only will this save...

Google is flat out scary. They are the 800lb gorilla of the search engine. And you never know what they choose to withhold presenting. And they have a perfect alibi...

Come on people; get some perspective. Nobody else has tackled getting their OS to work on 98%+ of the PC hardware in the world. MS has defacto standards in OS,...

But Rob, are you absolutely certain there are no absolutes?

ANS: It depends.

I was fortunate to meet Mr. Gray several times at SQL PASS conferences. He is a gentleman and an outstanding, yet humble, intellect. I'll pray for his safe return.

Where is the place where the SQL Server stats come from? Does it list the BINARY_CHECKSUM bug?