• Alex-489474 - Tuesday, April 25, 2017 2:14 AM

    First off many people believe that SQL Server is self-administering

    No, my complaint is with the companies. Many treat SQL server as a secondary consideration

    I think the installation of the server is far to easy. With some clicks the installation is finshed and the database is running. So why should I hire a DBA if I can do it on my own? 

    If you're serious, then go back and reread the article and then read the thousands of posts on this very forum about performance problems, not being able to write the code they need, or recovering from a crash, accidental deletion, or accidental overwrite.  Installing SQL Server correctly is just the tip of the iceberg and I can guarantee you that, although it may install well enough to work (which people mistakenly call "correctly), it doesn't install correctly with just a couple of clicks.  From personal observation, most people that think SQL Server is easy fall into one of two categories... they either know their stuff about SQL Server and don't need anyone else or they don't know their stuff and think they don't need anyone else.  That latter notion even applies to many DBAs that I've interviewed over the last 10 years.

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)