The other day, I went to the office, and after checking email and task list saw there was nothing requiring my immediate attention, so I took the day off and...

I don't know when the last time I've had two consecutive weeks off from work, except when I was between jobs or contracts. However, I still squeeze in about three...

Lynn Pettis (12/12/2013)

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Eric M Russell (12/12/2013)

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Why pay a contractor $100,000+ a year to shuffle your backup tapes and network logins, when they could hire a full time staff member...

Lynn Pettis (12/11/2013)

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jim.drewe (12/11/2013)

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Lynn

I normally don't follow up on these types of tracks, but I think what I was trying to say (and presumably what the other gentlemen was also...

Lynn Pettis (12/11/2013)

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Eric M Russell (12/11/2013)

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jim.drewe (12/11/2013)

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Eric ... I would heartily agree. Unfortunately, executives in publicly held companies listen to Wall Street, not the common sense from subordinates. ...

jim.drewe (12/11/2013)

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Eric ... I would heartily agree. Unfortunately, executives in publicly held companies listen to Wall Street, not the common sense from subordinates. If Wall Street says a...

VictorSQL (12/6/2013)

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It would appear that a 'Database Administrator' is whatever the organization wants you to be for the role and goals to be accomplished.

In a 10-year period, I had worked...

What should the job duties of a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) be? If you started a new job as a Sr. DBA what would you expect to be doing...

I have heard that the most talented people tried to ensure they weren't working on the same team with other talented people, just to ensure they would continue to be...

jim.drewe (12/4/2013)

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The problem for most (if not all) bigger shops is offshore outsourcing. I had talks with my management (CTO level) concerning the risk of having non-employees, non-citizen offshore residents...

Gary Varga (12/2/2013)

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Lynn Pettis (12/2/2013)

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When I first started working with SQL Server I was also heavily involved with the hardware and OS (NT 4.0). I was the backup for...

In a large organization, database administrator (DBO) should be a different role from system administrator (SYSADMIN). There are plenty of roles where a DBA basically just needs to be the...

I have recently learned that our organization is getting an IBM Netezza data warehousing appliance for use as a replacement for one of our large SQL Server reporting servers. Executive...

scott.fountain (11/25/2013)

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Applying indentation so scripts are readable

Nothing spells a good day at work like reviewing a query containing multiple nested table expressions; all the while, no indentations - everything is...

Yes, I'm when searching a sqlserver topic and want to whittle down the result to only the good stuff,...