April 26, 2022 at 1:55 pm
So I'm updating my internal-to-the-business resume and I'm trying to figure out the best way to spell out "one-stop shop" without actually using those words. How else, in formal / resume terms, would one refer to a place where the DBAs do everything from security to backups to development to reporting to BI work to general administration (non-production and production) and deployment?
Thoughts on the best way to phrase this would be appreciated.
Something like
"Providing solutions to all levels of problems within both data and business intelligence domains."
😎
April 26, 2022 at 5:50 pm
Jeff Moden wrote:I've always been concerned but, as I get older, I seriously worry about the medical world and hospitals and the people in them when I see things like the following...
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/conditional-sum-in-sql
That's nothing. Talk to Tim Ford sometime about all the crap he used to go through at hospitals. It's amazing we don't all die the moment we set foot in them.
Heh... there was one time where I thought I was having a heart-attack. It was actually a pre-cursor to the AFIB I currently "enjoy". I was admitted. One of the first things that happened when I got to my room was they took my blood pressure. I asked what it was... 90-60 and a pulse rate of 58. Cool... I always had that going for me even though I had been smoking for decades (which a gave up a year ago as of 4/29/2021). Then, the nurse handed be a cup with a few pills in it. I asked her to explain what they were. The last one was to <insert drum roll here> "lower your blood pressure".
She couldn't understand why I refused to take that one. 🙁
So, like you said, Grant...
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
May 9, 2022 at 8:49 pm
Jeff, I've been off this site for several years, came back today to check whether the thread for "are the posted questions getting worse?" was still alive and kicking. 14 years and 4,400 pages later, it is!
Saw you mention that you've been tobacco free for a year and I just wanted to say: CONGRATULATIONS!! No tar for Mr. RBAR!!
Rich Mechaber
May 25, 2022 at 5:39 am
@jeff Moden
I have a fiber outage at the moment, so was unable to catch your Group By session on GUIDS V.S. FRAGMENTATION last night.
Is there perhaps a recording of your session available?
May 25, 2022 at 8:34 am
Jeff. Your ears should be burning. I've had a few conversations about you & fragmentation over here in Belgium with a bunch of people. Happy to hear you've stopped smoking. Keep it up!
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May 25, 2022 at 11:25 pm
Jeff. Your ears should be burning. I've had a few conversations about you & fragmentation over here in Belgium with a bunch of people. Happy to hear you've stopped smoking. Keep it up!
Heh... man, I wish I was a fly on the wall for that one. Do you still have my email address? If not, lemme know and I'll PM it to you. I'd love to hear that bit o' scuttlebutt. My recent presentations on fragmentation have been quite heterodoxical, to say the least and I'm always interested in any feedback on that or discussion on fragmentation and Index Maintenance.
I do miss smoking... like I used to say, "smoking prevented 'fuming'". It also gave me an excuse to go outside and soak up some Vitamin D. I'm going to have to set an alarm and get outside more often.
How'd you like Belgium and the event in this nearly post-pandemic world? Having been a smoker, I'm in a couple of groups that make it a seriously high risk for me to get on a sewer-pipe with end-caps and wings any time in the near future so I have to "live a bit vicariously through the joys and experiences of others".
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
May 25, 2022 at 11:39 pm
@Jeff Moden
I have a fiber outage at the moment, so was unable to catch your Group By session on GUIDS V.S. FRAGMENTATION last night.
Is there perhaps a recording of your session available?
It takes the a couple of days to render it and separate it and add the occasional ad to it. When it does come out, it'll be on the GROUPBY channel on YouTube located at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEHf_UKwG3GMkb9wIVBTeQA. I also have a related email address listed in the presentation for a copy of the zip files (contains all the test code that supports my findings and a whole lot more that I didn't cover in the presentation as well as the slide deck and a copy of Sp_IndexDNA™ and the related spreadsheet).
And, just to be sure, I'm not going to spam anyone that uses the email or use it in any other way for any other reason. I use it only to provide the zip file (if they don't attach the zip file) or if people have questions on the material.
I could attach it here but I have to get permission to do that because it's for a different organization.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
May 26, 2022 at 6:21 am
DesNorton wrote:@Jeff Moden
I have a fiber outage at the moment, so was unable to catch your Group By session on GUIDS V.S. FRAGMENTATION last night.
Is there perhaps a recording of your session available?
It takes the a couple of days to render it and separate it and add the occasional ad to it. When it does come out, it'll be on the GROUPBY channel on YouTube located at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEHf_UKwG3GMkb9wIVBTeQA. I also have a related email address listed in the presentation for a copy of the zip files (contains all the test code that supports my findings and a whole lot more that I didn't cover in the presentation as well as the slide deck and a copy of Sp_IndexDNA™ and the related spreadsheet).
And, just to be sure, I'm not going to spam anyone that uses the email or use it in any other way for any other reason. I use it only to provide the zip file (if they don't attach the zip file) or if people have questions on the material.
I could attach it here but I have to get permission to do that because it's for a different organization.
Thank you. Will be keeping an eye open ....
May 26, 2022 at 2:49 pm
DesNorton wrote:@Jeff Moden
I have a fiber outage at the moment, so was unable to catch your Group By session on GUIDS V.S. FRAGMENTATION last night.
Is there perhaps a recording of your session available?
It takes the a couple of days to render it and separate it and add the occasional ad to it. When it does come out, it'll be on the GROUPBY channel on YouTube located at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEHf_UKwG3GMkb9wIVBTeQA. I also have a related email address listed in the presentation for a copy of the zip files (contains all the test code that supports my findings and a whole lot more that I didn't cover in the presentation as well as the slide deck and a copy of Sp_IndexDNA™ and the related spreadsheet).
And, just to be sure, I'm not going to spam anyone that uses the email or use it in any other way for any other reason. I use it only to provide the zip file (if they don't attach the zip file) or if people have questions on the material.
I could attach it here but I have to get permission to do that because it's for a different organization.
Somehow I missed that you were presenting on this topic. I can't wait to see this as it is extremely relevant to some "fun" I am dealing with currently. I will keep checking the youtube channel. Expect to see me on your email list for the supporting info as soon as that becomes available.
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May 26, 2022 at 3:10 pm
Is anyone using Idera's SQL Compliance Manager, or something similar? Auditing requests from our clients is becoming a hot topic. Some of these are kind of ridiculous, but hey, the customer's always right.
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May 26, 2022 at 4:07 pm
Is anyone using Idera's SQL Compliance Manager, or something similar? Auditing requests from our clients is becoming a hot topic. Some of these are kind of ridiculous, but hey, the customer's always right.
I used it years ago and was happy with it. They probably have a free trial period so you can try it out.
May 26, 2022 at 7:57 pm
Is anyone using Idera's SQL Compliance Manager, or something similar? Auditing requests from our clients is becoming a hot topic. Some of these are kind of ridiculous, but hey, the customer's always right.
Ridiculous is in the eye of the beholder, or in many cases - the lawmaker. In the insurance industry, there are so many federal and state regulations regarding auditing that it does kind of feel ridiculous to those who don't know why the requests are being made.
May 27, 2022 at 8:30 am
Grant Fritchey wrote:Jeff. Your ears should be burning. I've had a few conversations about you & fragmentation over here in Belgium with a bunch of people. Happy to hear you've stopped smoking. Keep it up!
Heh... man, I wish I was a fly on the wall for that one. Do you still have my email address? If not, lemme know and I'll PM it to you. I'd love to hear that bit o' scuttlebutt. My recent presentations on fragmentation have been quite heterodoxical, to say the least and I'm always interested in any feedback on that or discussion on fragmentation and Index Maintenance.
At this point, I don't remember the details. Everything is a blur. However, it was all positive on my end, and the usual shock on theirs. Ha!
I do miss smoking... like I used to say, "smoking prevented 'fuming'". It also gave me an excuse to go outside and soak up some Vitamin D. I'm going to have to set an alarm and get outside more often.
How'd you like Belgium and the event in this nearly post-pandemic world? Having been a smoker, I'm in a couple of groups that make it a seriously high risk for me to get on a sewer-pipe with end-caps and wings any time in the near future so I have to "live a bit vicariously through the joys and experiences of others".
Completely depends on the event and the country. However, I've been to a bunch of great events and I'm seeing tons of old friends and making a few new ones. It's been great. Travel has lightened up. Getting back into the states still requires a test. However, overall, it's pretty much back to pre-pandemic... mostly.
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- Theodore Roosevelt
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SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
May 27, 2022 at 1:56 pm
Belgium was fantastic and we enjoyed a weekend that felt 2019-normal in Brussels and Bruge. The event in Antwerp was 1500 ish people, mostly normal. A few wearing masks, with everyone just getting along, being polite, talking SQL and enjoying the time.
May 27, 2022 at 10:53 pm
Thanks for the feedback Grant and Steve! I really appreciate it.
--Jeff Moden
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