Thursday, January 26, 2017
Experts Exchange KICKS ASS!
Earlier today I wrote a post about Microsoft Support sucking ASS. Well, I just wanted to put in a plug for the community that is Experts Exchange.
I live on the web, and I dont think a day goes by that Experts Exchange isnt in the top 10 (if not #1) results of searches for almost anything technical. For years I tried to view responses on Google cached pages, etc., or at least get tidbits of info from their site. But I used to work for a company who was too cheap to pay for a membership there, so a couple years ago I joined Experts Exchange as a contributor. Id like to think I joined to give back to the community, which is partly true, especially since Ive been a leech for so many years. But the truth is I joined so I could answer a few questions to earn some points so I could access the site and post some questions of my own. I used to have more time to answer questions, but for the last year or so I have been so busy at work I just cant do that.
So, while troubleshooting a major problem with SQL server over the past few days I pulled out the company Am Ex and dropped $99 for a one year membership. And, of course, Ive found information there which has been helpful in my quest to recover from a major SQL issue.
Then today while working on this problem and not being able to find info I needed to view the progress of a SQL DB restore I actually went to Experts Exchange and searched there using the same terms I had used with Google: sql restore status. Wouldnt you know it, the first result was someone answering the same question with a detailed T-SQL command to do what I needed!
So, thanks Experts Exchange, all contributors there, and a special thanks to udayakumarlm!
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