Comments on: Amnesia Again, I Think, but I Don't Remember, Really https://thomaslarock.com/2009/10/amnesia-again-i-think-but-i-dont-remember-really/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: HOW TO: Know What That Installer Did to Your Database - SQLRockstar - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2009/10/amnesia-again-i-think-but-i-dont-remember-really/#comment-11577 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:09 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2872#comment-11577 […] the creation of a “loopback” linked server, something that will leave your instance in a (technically) unsupported state. If a loopback linked server is part of the vendor architecture, then you should use a dedicated […]

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By: March Madness – SQL Server System Tables – sysservers | SQLRockstar https://thomaslarock.com/2009/10/amnesia-again-i-think-but-i-dont-remember-really/#comment-992 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:35:56 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2872#comment-992 […] you should care about this table because of crappy vendor applications that like to create loopback servers, which can cause you problems when trying to check for a result using @@SERVERNAME. You can scrub […]

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By: wnylibrarian https://thomaslarock.com/2009/10/amnesia-again-i-think-but-i-dont-remember-really/#comment-991 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:35:39 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2872#comment-991 “They are making changes to the internal system tables, and then telling me to look the other way?” I thought this was a standard operating procedure for all vendors? I dare say, “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”

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By: Michael Swart https://thomaslarock.com/2009/10/amnesia-again-i-think-but-i-dont-remember-really/#comment-990 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:25:39 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2872#comment-990 Ah, wouldn’t it be great to have two personas? One for being professional and polite and the other one an anonymous identity not tied to the first persona? The second identity could ask the hard questions, be as difficult as is needed.

It’s like being both the good cop *and* the bad cop.

Or more to the point. Like Batman! 🙂

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