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  • RE: Presentations that are Easy on the Eyes

    I definitely prefer no background or light background.  I come across it regularly in church that they use a background which makes reading strenuous to sometimes impossible. Showing my age?

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: Changes are Coming to the SQLServerCentral Forums

    Apart from the annoying posts, this is still the best site I have worked on, ever!

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: How to modify query to only use base tables

    I think if you wanted a correct answer, you will have to post the full question. In what you gave, I will have to assume that Product is not...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: The Future for Database Administrators

    Steve, not working for longer than another 25 years will be a decision you make, not forced by age. I retired 4 months ago, went immediately on the "well...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: How Far Have You Traveled for a SQL Saturday?

    We (3 of us) traveled 160 km twice. Two of our colleagues, from our remote site, traveled 300 km once. It is just too much, so we stopped attending.

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: The Remote DBA

    ThomasRushton (7/15/2016)


    The coffee is way better at home

    Priceless!! And in my case, the service. 😀

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: The Remote DBA

    I started my new job working from home a couple of months ago. I have contracts to work x hours per company, but it is difficult to keep to the...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: Going On-Prem?

    djackson 22568 (7/11/2016)


    Eric M Russell (7/11/2016)


    I know how you feel. Here in America, we're coping with our own recent political embarrassments.

    What could possibly be embarrassing about an ex-president illegally meeting...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: Going On-Prem?

    What about POPI laws? (Protection of Personal Information Act). If your data is in the cloud and the whereabouts of the actual server can change with fail overs and...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: A New Sample Database

    A good idea. Maybe Microsoft should pay you consultation fees?

    But I chuckled about that first date when I read the first 2 sentences. 🙂

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: The Proliferation of Roles

    Roger, If you use AD then AD administrators have access. 🙂

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: The Proliferation of Roles

    What if the SQL Section is too small to handle the change in personnel AND database access is not allowed to AD administrators? Then you have to use SQL authentication...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: Script not working since upgrade from 2008 to 2014

    sorry

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: A Lifetime of Software

    Howard Perry (5/10/2016)


    Congratulations on landing a part time DBA job. That's my dream, particularly if I don't need to be onsite all the time. With today's technology, it's...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

  • RE: A Lifetime of Software

    Congratulations Howard. And I thought I am an old man in IT. 🙂 Officially retired 6 weeks ago and landed my first DBA Consulting job 3 weeks ago (part...

    5ilverFox
    Consulting DBA / Developer
    South Africa

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