Which general SQL NG is more active??

Is comp.databases.ms-sqlserver more active than
microsoft.public.sqlserver.server, or is it the other way around??

Which NG is better for general and 'learning SQL 2005' types of
questions??

Thank you, Tom

Re: Which general SQL NG is more active??

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:08:24 -0700, tlyczko wrote:

>Is comp.databases.ms-sqlserver more active than
>microsoft.public.sqlserver.server, or is it the other way around??
>
>Which NG is better for general and 'learning SQL 2005' types of
>questions??
>
>Thank you, Tom

microsoft.public.sqlserver.server (17k message in last 7 months) is
more active than comp.databases.ms-sqlserver (11k in last 18 months),
as is microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming (8k in last 2 months) and
at least a few other of the other subject-specific microsoft groups.
If you connect directly to the Microsoft news servers at
msnews.microsoft.com you get most of the responses a bit quicker than
if you go though a different news server.

Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT

Re: Which general SQL NG is more active??

I agree with Roy that the microsoft.public.sqlserver.* hierarchy is much
more active. You will also find that more MVPs and Microsoft folks
participate there. Also, registered MSDN subscribers are guaranteed a
response within 2 business days as part of their MSDN benefits
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/).

--
Hope this helps.

Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP

"tlyczko" wrote in message
news:1185491304.409499.66280@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> Is comp.databases.ms-sqlserver more active than
> microsoft.public.sqlserver.server, or is it the other way around??
>
> Which NG is better for general and 'learning SQL 2005' types of
> questions??
>
> Thank you, Tom
>