At my last gig, I started investigating NUO DB (thinking about the comment "should SQL be added to Hadoop?"). At the time, it seemed like a really cool blend...

... and the first ID10T award of spring goes to... me.

I had already resolved the problems I was having getting this to work via powershell; the real issue I had...

Give credit where credit is due

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/let-powershell-do-an-inventory-of-your-servers/

before I get jumped on some more... sorry didn't mean to ruffle feathers (my smilies didn't work their magic like I had thought). I will unsubscribe and move on.

Not meant to be abrupt (did you see my smilies?). Just thought it was funny (almost ironic) to post all those replies in this topic.

I don't see a signature...

Geeeeesh, talk about bad questions??? What about bad replies... the ones that have nothing to do with the question and a lot of people may have subscribed to to actually...

Absolutely, just that some of the questions here spark you fine ladies and...

Some questions are really bad, I agree; and those very basic questions like how do I take a backup, etc should be answered by pointing them to BOL.

When...

Here are 2 real life stories; both while working at the same company as DBA.

1. I was asked by a project manager (via email) at a telco company to give...

I can confirm that the fix mentioned works (for me). ...

Not knocking the script... but for newbies would be nice to explain the column outputs in a brief description. They could probably find explanations in BOL (and common...

michael.wiles (4/13/2009)

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For me, the consideration to encrypt anything at the database level comes down to who owns the data. Certain information a client should have access to while other...

This is a topic I have been struggling with at my new job with a software company that hasn't exactly had a DBA before and works very hard to please...

I've always resisted responding to articles with obvious errors simply not wanting to get into arguments about which way to skin the cat. I hope people who read the...