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  • RE: DBA/Developer Growth

    I am a great fan of books, but you should decide on what type of DBA you want to be. If you intend to concentrate on the developer/DBA...

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  • RE: Wrong Language Format - Please Help.

    You change the default language for users several different ways. Check out "default language option" in BOL.

    You can also change the language for each user session.

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  • RE: BOL Version

    Yes, there is nothing on my Start page for BOL except the date but individual sections have the "updated for SP3" added.

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  • RE: Do Entry-Level Databasing Jobs Exist ?

    JV, do yourself a favor and perform as many of the administrative functions as possible through Query Analyser. That will give you practice with the scripts and will also...

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  • RE: Adversarial Vendors

    Yes. I always made sure that all conversations were documented. It takes time but it is worth it. If I had a phone conversation I would follow-up with an...

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  • RE: DBA/Developer Growth

    I would say that the fastest way to grow would be to work on many different projects as either a dba or developer. Nothing surpasses experience.

    You...

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  • RE: 100% CPU

    When I use Profiler and save it to a table I do not use another database on the same server. That might affect the performance. I typically save it...

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  • RE: Should DBAs attend Development Meetings

    I would always invite the DBA to development meetings. He always has the option to not appear if he doesn't feel it would be productive.

    The DBA is involved once...

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  • RE: Jonathan hit the 500 posts

    Always a good time to have a drink. I always structure my Friday to end early because it's 5'o clock somewhere.

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  • RE: 100% CPU

    Yes, things like 100% CPU utilization will go away if you ignore them long enough.

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  • RE: Jonathan hit the 500 posts

    Frank, Frank, Frank, we know of Bavaria because of the Oktoberfests.

    I'm sure that other parts of Deutschland drink beer in copious quantities.

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  • RE: HELP needed with SHRINK Database

    The SHRINKDATABASE command will not shrink the database beyond the minimum size of the file. The minimum size of the file is the size when the file was...

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  • RE: Jonathan hit the 500 posts

    We do learn from each other here. I have learned that my high school German is good enough to order a beer at any pub in Munchen.

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  • RE: SA do I need to remember the password

    Yes, it was a real pain when we realized that Great Plains HAD to have the SA rights.

    Poor thought process.

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  • RE: 100% CPU

    That's a good thought. Run a trace in Profiler to see what is going on.

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