Thanks for all the help guys, I was probably entering the IP and port in the wrong order, I later found out I could use my dyndns domain name and...

I have forwarded 1433 TCP in and out and 1434 UDP in and out, can I check which port SQL Server is using from Management Studio?

Thanks

This is the road I think I'm going to go down, try to get as much experience as possible along side my studies and apply for jobs before I graduate!

On balance it seems the best bet is to apply for jobs when I graduate and get some experience in the field, I'm pretty sure many companies provide in house...

ACinKC (6/5/2012)

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LightVader is spot on, from my perspective. Around here, you'll find more people getting their undergraduate degree, getting into the workforce, spending some time "in the trenches," then...

Koen Verbeeck (6/4/2012)

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Grant Fritchey (6/4/2012)

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michaeljharper (6/4/2012)

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GilaMonster (6/4/2012)

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One thing that was part of my introductory course for my M.Sc was 'why are you doing this?' and it made it very clear...

Thanks for the advice guys, appreciate it

GilaMonster (6/4/2012)

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One thing that was part of my introductory course for my M.Sc was 'why are you doing this?' and it made it very clear that if you're just doing...

Also, word of advice, asking instructors at a school, who are absolutely dependent on you attending that school for their livelihood, if you maybe ought to spend another two years...

Hi Koen,

I'm in Britain, I'll talk it through with some of the lecturers and try to attend some careers fairs, hopefully then I can gauge whether the Masters is worthwhile...

Thanks Jeff 😀

Hi again!

Just to clarify the difference between a clustered and non-clustered index; a clustered index 'physically' changes the order of the table data to match the index (i.e order by...

Hi Jeff,

Many thanks for the detailed response, really appreciate it. My University database tutor mentioned the same thing about the possibility of multiple stations logging data(even though I'm only using...

Thanks Scott,

Will be very useful considering the older hardware I'm using as the server

ScottPletcher (5/31/2012)

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*Cluster* the table on the add date/time (rather than on, say, an identity column, which may still be a good idea to have on this table, just don't cluster...