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  • July 26, 2012 at 8:53 am

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    I'd also suggest that if you want someone good in the four letter words associated (SSAS, SSRS, SSIS) with SQL Server and you want someone who is a virtual Ninja at T-SQL AND you want a tuning expert AND you want a system expert, that you won't find someone who's actually "good" at all of that. SQL Server and all those things are just too big for one person to be good at all of that.

    If you want an expert in SSAS, SSRS, and SSIS, then you should advertise for a "BI" expert.

    If you want an expert in databases (including effective design and implementation), then you need to advertise for a "Hybrid" or "Application DBA" with an emphasis on T-SQL and tuning with some reasonably good systems knowledge.

    If you want an expert in security and other system level stuff, then you need to advertise for a "Systems DBA".

    If you want someone with ".NET" experience, advertise for a front-end developer.

    --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)