most of the descriptions are written by HR and is standard boiler plate. apply for almost everything you think you are qualified for

it's amazing how people's first posts are links to some help desk software

if you need to return a table, why not just use a view?

Nadrek (7/19/2011)

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I would suggest including more warnings about the missing index DMV's flaws; suggesting duplicate or overlapping indexes, suggesting indexes that won't actually help, and so on.

I may have missed...

not having had my coffee i put in a bunch of estimates rounded to the nearest 5

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26286

we have a database with queries almost identical to the above. it's a nightmare a few times a year because when there is a big change in data all the...

ALZDBA (7/12/2011)

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FWIW I just signed up to Google+ 🙂 Just to see what it's all about.

Let's see... facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, G+, the fora .... It's gonna need a...

bhawna.jain (6/24/2011)

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I have already applied cell level encryption. But I don't want DBA to see the definition or modify any object. We are blocking DBA access for the security of...

does the job automatically backup to a DVD? i was thinking you backup to a file and then use some DVD burning app to span multiple DVD's.

or ask to...

for replication you can use performance counters or one of the DMV's that return the number of transactions waiting to be replicated

good for home use

i don't have a desktop and my laptop is off 99% of the time at home. most times i check my email on my blackberry or ipad...

there are monitoring apps in the app store but i've never used any of them

had an iphone 3GS and now have an ipad 2 and a HTC Android phone. after...

never used a kindle, but i have a few tech books on my ipad 2 and it's very nice

LutzM (6/17/2011)

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Very interesting article. Thank you for providing the info.

At the place I work we've had a virtualization discussion recently with the (outsourced) hardware team. They presented a concept to...