Raw Materials - The Temptations of a DBA

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Raw Materials - The Temptations of a DBA

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gonickl

Posted Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:19 AM

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Bob Razumich

Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:53 AM

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"Why make a disaster recover plan when you can buy insurance?"

That one line had me literally laughing out loud. Probably because there must be at least one company, somewhere, that actually has done that.

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Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:11 AM

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Why hire a Sr. DBA when you can hire 4 Jr. DBA's?

(seen it in real life)

Jason AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
I have given a name to my pain...
MCM SQL Server 2008

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JayK

Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:54 AM

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Ha - classic! I think I broke every DBA rule in the book during my first year - You get to learn the hardway!

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Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:37 AM

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Backups!
We don't need no steenking backups!

Craig Outcalt

Tips for new DBAs: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Career/64632
My other articles: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Authors/Articles/Craig_Outcalt/560258

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Scott Arendt

Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:02 AM

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Second Best Practices, I'll have to remember that one.

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Trey Staker

Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:27 AM

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LOL...I had a boss like that conscience angel once...

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Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:23 PM

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Haha very funny... No disaster recovery plan required. I am going to call all insurance agents today.... Smile

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