March 2009
My most precious has arrived.....
Submitted by pwnell on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 12:03Finally - 23 days early - my Most Precious has arrived via FedEx.
SQL Server 2005 Maintenance plan fails with "Failed:(0) Alter failed for Server 'servername'."
Submitted by pwnell on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 18:57One thing you'll learn (if you have not already) is that SQL Server 2005's Maintenance Plans (which are actually SSIS workflows executed by SQL Server Agent Service) do NOT provide useful error information. I had to set up a script for a customer but spent my (very) early morning tearing out all the hair on my ageing head.
See, I got this from SQL Server History: Failed:(0) Alter failed for Server 'servername'. If that rings a bell for you then congratulations. It did not for me.
Uptime of client's machine
Submitted by pwnell on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 12:42I have created a web based e-commerce site for a client a while ago. Was quite impressed to notice today that machine I have built using Gentoo linux and JBoss for the AS has been running for more than 500 days now:
dXrTle ~ # uptime
17:45:02 up 503 days, 1:36, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00
Moving back to Windows
Submitted by pwnell on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 22:00After a long abstinence from the Windows platform as main OS, I have finally decided it is time to see the light and get with the masses. Windows Vista/7/2008 is the best OS out there, and neither Linux nor Mac OS X can touch it.
