You're welcome. Like I said, though, it's third party so anyone who has real concerns should go look up the actual legislation.

I didn't read the article as forbidding small talk. I read it as saying "Don't blabber about nothing in particular." Some small talk is inevitable and the interviewee should utilize...

I have to wonder how many people have done at least one of these things at their interview and got the job anyway.

SSIS has a lot of options available to help you out, but if you're looking for a T-SQL Solution, you can easily go with ye ole Left Outer Join with...

Apparently you haven't been reading this topic closely enough. There's no list. Different companies ask different questions. It's not...

Absolutely!

Glad we could help.

The differences between the two are slight. When 2005 came out, Microsoft emphasized the developer tools over the admin tools. They've rectified this with 2008 having some T-SQL enhancements and...

Gail, that is so awesome that you got to be MVP. If I had one, I'd be displaying that too. @=)

Nice link, Gail! Thanks for sharing.

DittoDitto. Amen to all of that. And the list of "stuff what needs done" just...

I'm not going to share personal salary info, but I will give you a fair idea of what my job entails.

Basic Production Admin duties including job creation / maint., db...

As GSquared said, there are a lot of different DBA types you could be. But my personal opinion is that you can't be any of them without understanding the basic...

I haven't seen anyone laminate their cert. Usually, people keep the original at home and put a nice color photocopy in a frame at their desk. I personally have too...

Silverfox (8/17/2009)

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Maybe it is different in the US, But in the UK, it is a problem for experienced DBA's to find work. having to compete against people who have got...

I found two possible tables, but the data there is mostly hex and non-readable. I'll take your profiler suggestion and see if I can figure it out. But somehow I...