SSRS is probably the at the top of the list. We have only recently moved to 2008, so there are a bunch of new things...but that seems to be the...

very good discussion!

I would separate the issue into two strands:

"Good" design - clean, high-performance, well-commented code. Everyone wants that - even clients who don't really know they want it!

and

"Right" design...

Good article Andy; thanks.

I second the 'focus on your job' points - I managed a small team last year and made the mistake of trying to do my DBA /...

It'd be great to see any links that you have to even querying via WebDAV; I've been barking up wrong trees all day trying to to drill down into Public...

Interesting article; especially the notion that SQL Server 2005 was really aimed at SQL Server 7 folks.

My take would be that 4 - 5 years would be about minimum. If an application...

i'm quoting http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/Open_Source_C3/htmlArea_v3.0_-_Beta_Release_F14/PHP,_MS_SQL_Max_Size_(Limit)_of_Text_P33639/

:

'The problem occures at about 4,000 chars and comes from an entry in php.ini:

mssql.textlimit,

mssql.textsize

APPLICATIONS:

The original app is for quoting jobs; used to get a price for a contract as well as list the resources needed. this feeds into the company's finacials, as well...

Ahhh, I'm very embarrassed

Sorry - the second exec was failing with no error because of a simple insert problem

Thanks for reading though!

Thanks Andy

I'm having a go at the FTP replication anyway...

BUT I'm getting stuck with my connection to the distributor.

My REPLMERG settings are:

-Publisher [blahVIC02]

-PublisherDB [Rocks]

-Publication [FTPTEST01]

-PublisherLogin sa

-PublisherPassword...