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  • RE: VMs are not VMs

    Iwas Bornready (5/19/2015)


    In our small environment we have one person that does it all. So he'll be talking to himself about our VMs.

    Yes, in small companies the IT department is...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Opening Up Data

    TrailRunner (5/13/2015)


    I work for a regular company. They are just on a crusade to move things to the cloud and go with everything possible with open source (community editions only),...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Column Constraint and PK autoincrement

    Post DDL for the table, including the constraints, defaults, and indexes. Also the insert statement.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Searching for Plans

    Iwas Bornready (5/18/2015)


    What a great idea. I totally agree. Let me see if I can optimize it even more and then force sql to use my version.

    Real DBAs hand code...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    I've never installed SQL Server in a production environment, but I've installed it at dozens of times on my work PC, laptop, and in development. There are several points in...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: How to track a sqlserver login if password changed how to know who has changed its a 2005 standard edition

    I googled, and it appears that the Default Trace can be used to track several types of changes to login properties... but not a password change, which would seem to...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    Sean Lange (5/18/2015)


    Michael L John (5/18/2015)


    Jeff Moden (5/18/2015)


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    Jeff Moden (5/14/2015)


    This one is actually true.

    Me, the interviewer: As the Lead Developer on this project, we're very interested in...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Documenting with Tests

    When initially creating a stored procedure, I'll sometimes copy / paste text from the functional specification into the header comments.

    Also, it helps to include the RFC# or equivalent when...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    Jeff Moden (5/16/2015)


    I was interviewing one person who claimed over 10 years working as a Senior DBA and "tuning experience". Here's how the clustered index segment went.

    Me: Tell...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    David Webb-CDS (5/15/2015)


    Your customer comes to you and says the query he has run daily for the last two years is suddenly taking hours instead of seconds. You gather...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    Sean Lange (5/15/2015)


    Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)


    It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.

    Leading...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)


    It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.

    Leading commas or...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)


    Eric M Russell (5/15/2015)


    Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)


    Question: Can you outline for me how to best design a system so that I can move it between Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL,...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Here are some SQL Server Interview Questions

    Stephanie Giovannini (5/15/2015)


    Real interview question that I asked during a tech screen for an entry-level programmer position:

    Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

    A: CEO!

    Background: This young fellow, an...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Fast Insert

    Here are a handful of approaches, listed from what's generally fastest (select / into) to slowest.

    Select into a new table (ie: SELECT * INTO B FROM A).

    Select into...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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