Depends. Really it does depend on what the application does. Is the purpose of the application to access a database? If so, then the DBAs should be...

Depends.

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We have several specific audits throughout the year.

We have security audits where we check, document, fix any logins that have higher permissions than the security norm for the...

Hmmm, I got on this thread really late, but here's my input...

I think in the economy some people are getting into jobs that are 'over their heads'. I remember...

It looks like the OP is looking for exercises for ORACLE not SQL Server.

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where I can get good SQL exercise to practise sql queries and pl sql

Bolding is mine for...

I've been a SQL Server DBA since July 2001. Besides using the BOL, my desk has:

Ken Henderson's The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL

- fantastic book. I find...

A word of warning - not necessarily against MySQL, but against applications with 'built-in' databases.

Check the SLA very closely. Some companies say that you have to do everything through...

There most likely are such. Including your location (city, state, country) would help such people respond to you.

-SQLBill

Some people just never update their information. The next version of SQL Server after 2000 was SUPPOSED to be SS2003, but it got bumped to 2005.

-SQLBill

I had a similar experience on my first job. I was a trained Oracle Programmer and they wanted me to become a SQL Server DBA. I could have said...

Thanks for all the inputs. I am still doing the planning for this (lots of coordination is needed for all the moves) and hope to do the move before...

We set up MODEL in very specific ways depending on how the server is to be used. So it needs to be moved with everything else. Let's say...

I am being told that doing a new install of Standard and upgrading is not an option. We, the DBAs, do not do the installs here, we have to...

abba,

I think the main issue is that the company is working 5 days a week. If you only work 3 or 4 days - who's going to work the...

I don't work a part-time job. But I would like to comment. I don't think you will find it easy to get a part-time job in IT. ...

I am in Arizona and there are always openings. However, companies are starting to 'finish' up with SS2000 and move to SS2005 or are even beginning to look at...