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@MVPAward To the web(site) of course. #MVPBuzz #riddlemethis 19 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to MVPAward
RT @redgate: Oracle or SQL Server? You decide! #oracle #sql <- MySQL! 25 minutes ago via TweetDeck
@MVPAward Excellent. That thing's tedious to update. (hence why I just don't bother most of the time) #MVPBuzz 25 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to MVPAward
@MVPAward You're making the MVP profile easier to update? Awesome. :-) #MVPBuzz 36 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to MVPAward
@GFritchey I read the headline and thought "What idiot wrote that?", then read the rest of it,. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to GFritchey
@mrdenny :-) Ok, thank you for confirming I'm not totally wrong on this point. Better? about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to mrdenny
@mrdenny Thank you for confirming I'm not going completely insane. :-) about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to mrdenny
@AdamMachanic Yeah, that's what I thought too. Just double-checking, got someone on forums telling me OS has 'auto-convertor' for files. ?!? about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to AdamMachanic
Has anyone encountered a file type (not talking executables) where the file is different if created on a 64-bit OS vs 32-bit OS? about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
@SQLCraftsman No. A custom tool. Just spent an hour hacking it's DB because it decided new server name = different set of DBs. 9:55 AM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to SQLCraftsman
There's nothing I hate more at the moment than tools that try to be too smart. 9:53 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
From the forums... "Here are some articles on basic indexing." Reply: "Please tell me how to implement indexing" 6:37 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
@venzann Power outages? 1:05 PM May 29th via TweetDeck in reply to venzann
@fatherjack @chrissie1 @venzann Yup, get enough of those on the SSC forums too. 7:40 AM May 29th via TweetDeck in reply to fatherjack
@venzann @fatherjack Understanding? I wish I had those kind of homework questions posted. All i get is 'gimme the answer Nao!' 6:22 AM May 29th via TweetDeck in reply to venzann
@venzann Sleeping off a long weekend? #sqlfamily #sqlserver 5:42 AM May 29th via TweetDeck in reply to venzann
@AdamMachanic Ah, couldn't tell that from the title. Any recommendations for an up-to-date one? 10:56 AM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to AdamMachanic
@AdamMachanic I can haz the LINQ book? If you were going to throw it away that is, and if it's not a hassle bringing it to PASS. 10:02 AM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to AdamMachanic
@SQLAnthibian Try going to the text files for the agent alert, or viewing event viewer from the server, not a client\ #sqlhelp 4:42 AM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to SQLAnthibian
@SQLAnthibian How are you viewing? Trhough event viewer to the remote server? 4:39 AM May 28th via TweetDeck in reply to SQLAnthibian