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  • RE: WHERE 1 = 1,who uses this besides me

    On occasion I've used: SELECT.. WHERE 1 = 0. For example, I may want to select into a temp table that is derived from another table but initially empty. Also,...

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  • RE: Where Do You End Up as a DBA?

    GoofyGuy (2/20/2015)


    Where do you think Senior DBAs end up?

    In the grave, as far away from deceased programmers as is possible.

    So, where does an Entity Framework developer land when you...

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  • RE: SQL Studio (2012) and remote DB performance question.

    Regardless of where the remote server is located, so long as there is a LAN connection between, then latency is not an issue when pulling across hundreds or a few...

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  • RE: Where Do You End Up as a DBA?

    "Where do senior DBAs land finally?"

    That's a self-answering question. If you want to do something more, then you have to become something else besides a senior level DBA....

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  • RE: Starting a New Job

    jackson.fabros (2/19/2015)


    I've read (and enjoyed) the original post that focused primarily on what a DBA should do on day one.

    Aside from the obvious (stop, listen, take notes, repeat),...

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  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (2/19/2015)Ok I'll bite, why is the row lookup slower on heaps? There is still an (invisible) key to the row.

    OK

    When a table is non-clustered heap, SQL Server adds...

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  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    ZZartin (2/19/2015)


    Eric M Russell (2/19/2015)It's unclear how a table containing only Title + Author, and duplicates allowed, would be used by an application. If someone wanted to know what titles...

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  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    ZZartin (2/19/2015)


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    ZZartin (2/19/2015)

    I don't disagree that most tables probably will and should but there's certainly cases where you might not have a need...

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  • RE: Your Tools

    Alvin Ramard (2/19/2015)


    This editorial came on an interesting day.

    A few hours ago I decided I need to get my hand on a cheaper option to Erwin or DB Artisan. ...

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  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    ZZartin (2/19/2015)


    Eric M Russell (2/19/2015)


    ZZartin (2/19/2015)

    I don't disagree that most tables probably will and should but there's certainly cases where you might not have a need for or a possible...

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  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    Depending on the level of detail in the record, an event can be uniquely identified by a combination of time, place, actor, and action. In this case the Account number...

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  • RE: WHERE 1 = 1,who uses this besides me

    I wouldn't consider myself "lazy", but I do try to maintain only a small manageable number of priorities that I perceive "matter". Most IT developers do, which is why we...

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  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    ZZartin (2/19/2015)

    I don't disagree that most tables probably will and should but there's certainly cases where you might not have a need for or a possible primary key.

    To...

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  • RE: Your Tools

    Whipping up a complete stored procedure within a minute in front of a crowd is not what I do. Although looking at some of the poorly thought out legacy stored...

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  • RE: DBA vs. Developer Question / Issue

    ZZartin (2/19/2015)


    Eric M Russell (2/19/2015)


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    shane.green 1227 (2/19/2015)


    There are exceptions to every rule, so while "All tables should have at least one index" is good rule - it doesn't...

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