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  • RE: Communicating with Non-Technical Users

    You need to find common ground with them. What work culture thing or real life thing do they all have in common?

    For instance, when I was teaching kids about databases,...

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    August 30, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    #1646445

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    ARGGGGH!

    The crappy thing about a new computer?

    Trying to remember what I did many years ago to get the CTRL-SHIFT-C and CTRL-SHIFT-R combinations to comment out code in SQL 2008. I...

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    August 30, 2013 at 11:57 am

    #1646443

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    YAY! I have a new computer at work.

    Which means I have just spent all morning recovering all my SSMS options, importing my email files, etc. etc. And now I have...

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    August 30, 2013 at 10:41 am

    #1646421

  • RE: How to deny restore database in sql server to SA?

    Jeff Moden (8/29/2013)

    Brandie Tarvin (8/29/2013)

    K. Brian Kelley (8/29/2013)

    With the different accounts in different environments, they are all admin accounts. Just one works for dev and one works for prod and...

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    August 30, 2013 at 10:39 am

    #1646420

  • RE: How to deny restore database in sql server to SA?

    K. Brian Kelley (8/29/2013)

    With the different accounts in different environments, they are all admin accounts. Just one works for dev and one works for prod and dev never has the...

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    August 29, 2013 at 7:59 am

    #1645994

  • RE: How to deny restore database in sql server to SA?

    das.saroj09 (8/29/2013)

    it can be a great help for this kind of situation and can it be as permanent for the server. where will change or it can only for the...

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    August 29, 2013 at 7:17 am

    #1645971

  • RE: How to deny restore database in sql server to SA?

    das.saroj09 (8/29/2013)

    That's one of the reasons I color code my instances' query windows in SSMS (green for Dev, yellow for Test, orange for QC, and red for Production). The colors...

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    August 29, 2013 at 7:13 am

    #1645968

  • RE: How to deny restore database in sql server to SA?

    K. Brian Kelley (8/29/2013)

    A great product for ensuring the proper color coding based on server name, for instance, is Mladen's SSMS Tools Pack.

    I just use the regular OPTIONS available...

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

    August 29, 2013 at 6:59 am

    #1645957

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    David Burrows (8/29/2013)

    Jan Van der Eecken (8/29/2013)

    Now, that's interesting. Was looking for a book on SSAS on Amazon. Found "Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services with MDX and DAX"....

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    August 29, 2013 at 4:53 am

    #1645916

  • RE: How to deny restore database in sql server to SA?

    The main issue with having separate accounts and instances for Dev and Prod is that for one-stop shops like the one I work it, a sysadmin can still have multiple...

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    August 29, 2013 at 4:39 am

    #1645909

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (8/28/2013)

    Can someone please help this poor gentleman deny restore rights to a sysadmin

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1489312-359-1.aspx

    If I understand his OP, he did it to himself.

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    August 28, 2013 at 11:58 am

    #1645693

  • RE: How to deny restore database in sql server to SA?

    You cannot prevent yourself from restoring a production database at any point in the future by any other method then double-checking your work before you hit the button.

    Sysadmin will ALWAYS...

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

    August 28, 2013 at 11:56 am

    #1645690

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jasona.work (8/27/2013)

    Brandie Tarvin (8/27/2013)

    GenCon was a working vacation. I worked 3 eight hour shifts in the Catalyst Game Labs booth, helping run the Shadowrun Experience (the interactive demo of our...

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

    August 27, 2013 at 11:46 am

    #1645287

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (8/27/2013)

    Brandie Tarvin (8/27/2013)

    GenCon was a working vacation. I worked 3 eight hour shifts in the Catalyst Game Labs booth, helping run the Shadowrun Experience (the interactive demo of...

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

    August 27, 2013 at 11:44 am

    #1645285

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GenCon was a working vacation. I worked 3 eight hour shifts in the Catalyst Game Labs booth, helping run the Shadowrun Experience (the interactive demo of our fifth edition rules)....

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

    August 27, 2013 at 7:59 am

    #1645212

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