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  • RE: Coding Standards

    It seems to me coding is for telling the software to do something. It only cares about syntax. Formatting is for people. Making it readable for others is like having...

  • RE: Domain Controller move and service account

    On one evening the job failed with a login error (was unavailable). I don't have the exact error anymore. We have gotten this before but generally it is because a...

  • RE: Export valid xml (no line breaks)?

    (invoke-sqlcmd -serverinstance sqlserv -database playground "exec dbo.myproc" | select column1,column2 | ConvertTo-Xml -NoTypeInformation).save("c:\temp\teste.xml")

    That didn't work either. But a powershell function was recently posted to tech net that will take my...

  • RE: Export valid xml (no line breaks)?

    Thanks for the quick replies.

    Not sure I understand? Line breaks are valid in XML, and "line breaks at the end of the file", should be outside of the root...

  • RE: Mid-level or Sr?

    I agree whole heartedly with Steve on mentoring/manager. Except, in the real world there is a high % that are pretty weak.

    What a time saver it would be if...

  • RE: Last Interview

    ROFLMAO, have to be very careful here, in case Gail gives me a slap. The woman that I spoke to is the Database Administrator Manager and she was the 1st...

  • RE: SSIS Text File Destination - Rows not breaking at end of line

    Yes but it may or may not be quicker depending on your documentation.

    Create a table in SQL server with the data lengths.

    Create a datapump task with a...

  • RE: Newsletter format problem on pda

    Black squares and a few other nonsense characters replace the entire email. Now, if I forward the email to myself from gmail, the forwarded version is fine.

  • RE: The Core

    I agree with these comments. I would like to point out the difference between "troubleshooting" and "problem solving". From my observation troubleshooting can be learned via flowcharts, experience, memorization. Problem...

  • RE: The Core

    OK this isn't tangible: How to problem solve. SQL Server is way too big a subject to memorize it all --especially if you are wearing both++ hats. Can this be...

  • RE: A Cool Perk

    Katie,

    Everything Chris said is right-on. At one point I was literally on my back for 4 days not even able to stand long enough to make a sandwich.

    The solution...

  • RE: DataWarehouse Dream Team

    Ugg! that is even worse. my manager is at least in a agreement even if he is almost as stuck as I.

  • RE: DataWarehouse Dream Team

    Sounds like you need a project manager. At least start with the Kimball DW Lifecycle book first. Given your spaghetti code comment I would start from scratch with Business user...

  • RE: A Cool Perk

    I tend to agree that there is usually a higher than normal expectation in companies with lots of perks such as game rooms. I would rather have fantastically trained managers...

  • RE: Back to the future?

    Thanks for all your comments. I also tested the tool on various text files and found no real difficulties so going forward DTS is really a hard sell for me....

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