TravisDBA (1/26/2012)

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When it's your time, it's your time, so I try not to focus on how much time I have left, instead I focus on every day I got, as...

One of the things I'm looking forward to doing when it gets warmer out is start biking partway into work. I may eventually bike the 17 miles in but...

I think it's a general attitude. One is, "Let's see if I can...

sknox (1/18/2012)

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I got it right for the "wrong" reason: I reasoned that 2 had to be false, because nothing is stored in a view. A view is by definition a...

paul s-306273 (1/4/2012)

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In my experience all sales staff over exaggerate the merits of the software that they are trying to sell you. Only the non-IT people are easily duped. Unfortunately...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/8/2011)

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Tony Palmeri (12/8/2011)

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Some of us don't think so. ...

Revenant (12/8/2011)

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I got this:

Msg 1807, Level 16, State 3, Line 1

Could not obtain exclusive lock on database 'model'. Retry the operation later.

Msg 1802, Level 16, State 4, Line 1

CREATE DATABASE...

I'm not sure that a resource issue with the development process is a good justification for delaying security patches. I do understand that other items need to be in...

Tony Palmeri (12/6/2011)

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I have exactly ZERO sympathy for anyone who is an advocate of any kind of Federal Regulatory interference into how any company compensates it's employees. If you...

george sibbald (12/3/2011)

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IMHO You might be selling yourself cheap, I think getting paid for out of hours work should be the default position. Having said that I am all for...

Lynn Pettis (12/3/2011)

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The occasional extra time is one thing, but constant is over the top. If you give us comp-time, give us time to use it, and also don't...

george sibbald (12/3/2011)

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How can you exempt support staff such as DBAs and network staff when a lot of their work by its nature has to be done outside of normal...

The last place I worked QA was on a deadline and the team for one product had their vacations cancelled. After the HR rep heard about it and went...

Since this is a reporting DB with lots of...

Jeff Moden (12/2/2011)

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Ugh! Be careful folks. On a "crowded" hard disk, dropping and restoring a DB may not be as effective for defragging as you think. There...