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  • RE: The DBA Office

    batgirl (4/12/2013)


    My current environment is not my favorite - large open room with entire management and staff at rows of desks. No eating/drinking in the room.

    I have never had...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    BrainDonor (3/28/2013)


    Lynn Pettis (3/27/2013)


    What to make of this?

    May not be what I was thinking. Good.

    "I'm a DBA, it turns out"

    How do you suddenly discover that you're a DBA?

    It's easy....

  • RE: So How Do You do your mass Mailings?

    Where I work mass mailings are done using mail merge in MS Word. We set up a data source on the user PC pointing to the SQL table used for...

  • RE: Why SQL Server?

    gmby (3/1/2013)


    I fondly remember those days when I would re-build indexes with my dad in the garage on saturday mornings...right after cartoons...

    jg

    :laugh:

    That's funny!

    My favorite 'toons were the WB ones with...

  • RE: Why SQL Server?

    I have always loved working with the people for whom I develop applications. I have never "loved" a technology. A technology such as SQL Server is a tool to delivering...

  • RE: Locking Hints

    Ha ha ha ha. I didn't even see that WITH was misspelled. :crazy:

    Got it right anyway...

  • RE: Life is Like a Manure Spreader

    So, why not hook the trailer to the truck before loading the manure? The trailer is much lighter at that point.

    Tom

  • RE: Impressive Accomplishments

    G Bryant McClellan (2/15/2013)


    I usually end up doing the technical dirty work in interviews, asking the probing questions to figure out if they candidate actually knows SQL Server or has...

  • RE: SQL JOINS

    chgn01 (1/9/2013)


    Thanks for all comments. we use aliases in joins. Aliases are not for columns where there is only one column possible. But it is nice to...

  • RE: Dev Licensing questions!?

    Paul describes it the way I've been using it. We have 3 devs and 1 tester. We purchased 4 dev licenses. We can install it and use it on as...

  • RE: Holidays and other Social Technologies

    I enjoy a good night of dominoes. That would be frowned upon in the workplace. We do have decorations up.

  • RE: Grow Your Skills

    I'm interested to know what would be considered a "hard part" of the job.

  • RE: Tip: Resetting Identity Fields

    Brandon Forest (12/3/2012)


    @ those who question why to do this. It's very simple, if you don't see the need to do it, don't do it. Questioning why...

  • RE: Tip: Resetting Identity Fields

    Verena_Techie_59 (12/3/2012)


    There are several reasons for congiguous identity keys.

    1) It's much simpler to keep ID keys in sync between production and testing systems.

    2) Coding can be simpler and more...

  • RE: Tip: Resetting Identity Fields

    My question is why do this? Why would anyone care if there are gaps in an identity field?

    Thank you,

    Tom

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