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  • RE: The Next Five Years

    Azure first gave us the ability to create a database, as opposed to just a key value store.

    Steve, perhaps you meant to say: "Azure first gave us (SQL...

  • RE: Life Logging

    webrunner (10/1/2014)


    Interesting idea, thanks for the post.

    I think human memory plus a written journal of some kind could handle a lot of the "non-quant" parts of life.

    And about the quant...

  • RE: Life Logging

    Maybe it’s a good idea for programmers or DBAs. What if you could have all the code you'd ever written?

    Who knows, maybe your employer is already recording your every...

  • RE: The Value of Data

    xsevensinzx (9/30/2014)


    I didn't really agree with this article because I felt it put too much emphasis on predictive or making decisions rather than mentioning data that represent results.

    For me, making...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    GilaMonster (9/30/2014)


    Eric M Russell (9/30/2014)


    So, if a DBA removes an end user from the DBO role in the process of performing a migration to the next release of SQL Server,...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    So, if a DBA removes an end user from the DBO role in the process of performing a migration to the next release of SQL Server, and then he says...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    Jeff Moden (9/30/2014)


    Eric M Russell (9/30/2014)


    GilaMonster (9/30/2014)


    Eric M Russell (9/29/2014)


    Upgrading to the next release of SQL Server offers an excellent pretext for removing unneeded permissions from app developers.

    "I'm so sorry,...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    Jeff Moden (9/30/2014)


    GilaMonster (9/30/2014)


    Eric M Russell (9/29/2014)


    Upgrading to the next release of SQL Server offers an excellent pretext for removing unneeded permissions from app developers.

    "I'm so sorry, I know it...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    GilaMonster (9/30/2014)


    Eric M Russell (9/29/2014)


    Upgrading to the next release of SQL Server offers an excellent pretext for removing unneeded permissions from app developers.

    "I'm so sorry, I know it a pain...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    Jeff Moden (9/29/2014)


    Alvin Ramard (9/29/2014)


    Luis Cazares (9/29/2014)


    Revoke create and alter permissions and create policies to apply changes to the database. People will start to do things right when they're enforced.

    That...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    Unfortunately, many IT shops are operated like a sausage factory. The DBA is just there to mop up spills and bang the data meat-grinder with a wrench when it breaks...

  • RE: Why do they not listen?

    Koen Verbeeck (9/29/2014)


    Hire an overpriced consultant. Chances are they'll listen to him/her...

    Quit, and then be that overpriced consultant.

  • RE: The Value of Data

    I'll admit that I love working with data more than I love the most popular applications built on top of data. I'm like a musician who loves playing and writing...

  • RE: The Value of Data

    But snake oil is so hard to come by. Here is what some folks will resort to when all else doen't work for them. :w00t:

    http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/UT/Urine.aspx

  • RE: The Value of Data

    Gary Varga (9/25/2014)


    I am not great with analogies or metaphors but marketing departments are the new snake oil salesmen. Right?

    Folks in marketing have always been snake oil salesmen, figuratively and...

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