Dear Vendor

Thanks for getting back to me. I know that you want this relationship to work as much as I do, and that we can get through any problem if we work together. So what if you create your own databases on the C: drive, we can fix that. And I love how you go out … Read more

D(r)eadlocks

                  Quick quiz: what causes deadlocks? No, no, no. Keep your answers simple. Here, choose from these two options: 1. MS SQL Server, or 2. Applications designed to run on MS SQL Server There, that should make things easy. Can we all agree that MS SQL Server … Read more

Dear Vendor

Please refrain from deciding where to place databases upon install. I have already configured a default data and log directory. If you really feel the need to create databases upon your installation, then just accept the default locations I have configured. I can appreciate your application going out of its way to help, I really … Read more

Operations Manager Authoring

I got excited the other day. Very excited. “Big Idea” excited. That’s right, I had a Big Idea, and in that moment of Kramer-esque Zen I could clearly see what I was destined to build with Operations Manager. Alas, in order to build it, I would need to make customizations that I was not sure … Read more

How Does This Happen?

Opened up SQL 2008 Management Studio. Double-click on a job, up pops the Job Properties screen. So far, so good. Go to the step properties, up pops another window, all still good. Next, hit CRTL-A and get beeped. WTF? I have to right-click in order to do a select all? No keyboard shortcut? I see … Read more