P Jones (7/3/2014)

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Gary Varga (7/3/2014)

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P Jones (7/3/2014)

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We base our operation on the ITIL framework so the central IT helpdesk is the single point of contact - the front line for...

What? SQLBits in Telford? That is really close to me so I must...hold on...I am abroad on holiday until the 20th!!!

Nothing seems to drop in my lap until, well...until I...

P Jones (7/3/2014)

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We base our operation on the ITIL framework so the central IT helpdesk is the single point of contact - the front line for anything IT (or phones)...

Friendly, passionate debate but with mutual respect. I am quite happy to disagree and be disagreed with. Where is the value of debate if there isn't point and counterpoint?

Right, ladies...

call.copse (7/2/2014)

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I think even those simple requirements would tax many shops to be fair Gary. I think it's a reasonable summary of minimum requirements - I don't think it's sensible...

Development environments should be as simple as you can get away with but not simpler (to deliberately misquote Einstein).

All code should be under source control at any point it is...

Sarah Wagner (7/1/2014)

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This was my first article. ...

GoofyGuy (7/1/2014)

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...I see far too many people in IT - and not just DBAs - who seem all too happy to just sit on whatever knowledge they acquired years (even...

SSC puts each of us in our place often enough that we know how much we don't know -...

Depends on what you are referring to. Focus on SQL Server knowledge and dedication to imparting it? Then definitely smarter than most of us. Any...

I wholeheartedly agree.

As well as all the "heroes", I also congratulate and thank the rest of us cannon fodder that ask those questions that may otherwise have remained unasked or...

phonetictalk (6/30/2014)

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I agree with the sentiment of this article completely.

The accidental DBA often becomes so because that is what their employer needs. That (for me) led me to SQL Server...

I have made many career decisions based upon what I knew about the then current state of IT and most of them have worked out well even if, and probably...

As someone coming from the developers' side of the fence, with regards to the attitude of ownership of the data then developers (where there is a DBA function) do not...

The following checks that you have values for each of the four variables:

if(($Instance) -and ($uname) -and ($pwd) -and ($newpwd))

{

$srv = new-object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') $Instance

#This sets...