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  • RE: DBA Support

    Abu Dina (10/7/2016)

    I love it when I get a notification about a thread I posed in 4 years ago!...

    Vogue!!!

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 10, 2016 at 3:10 am

    #1905613

  • RE: What do you do or think about on the way to work?

    I managed to do 90% of my Masters degree commuting on trains. It was a break from the actual work yet had me ready to go as soon as I...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 10, 2016 at 2:54 am

    #1905610

  • RE: What do you do or think about on the way to work?

    David.Poole (10/10/2016)

    On the way in to work I'm planning the day ahead, listening to BBC Radio4 and when that gets irritating I put on the CD/MP3.

    On the way back I'm...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 10, 2016 at 2:51 am

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  • RE: Bingle is my Senior DBA

    I am not a fan of any response except a "go have a look" when someone asks "how do I do this?". My reasoning is that even if you give...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 10, 2016 at 2:42 am

    #1905605

  • RE: DBA Support

    None.

    Phew.

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 7, 2016 at 7:52 am

    #1905374

  • RE: A Software Warranty

    David.Poole (10/6/2016)

    It is interesting coming back to these threads four years in the future. Here is what I now appreciate fully

    • Most people want to do things to the best...

      Gaz

      -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 6, 2016 at 8:17 am

    #1905176

  • RE: A Software Warranty

    Carla Wilson-484785 (10/22/2012)

    As a developer, I WANT to be on the support end. Even though I try to anticipate things like missing required parameters, etc. there is ALWAYS someone...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 6, 2016 at 1:55 am

    #1905095

  • RE: Do you have DBA syndrome?

    Jeff Moden (10/5/2016)

    ...I do have to sometimes say "NO" to something but I'm normally able to suggest an alternative and the reason why the alternative is better...

    I don't understand why...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 6, 2016 at 12:19 am

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  • RE: Do you have DBA syndrome?

    Wayne West (10/5/2016)

    ...It's a heck of a balancing act. DBAs deserve respect, but they also need to respect their developers and not knee-jerk block any new ideas or implementations....

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 5, 2016 at 9:34 am

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  • RE: Do you have DBA syndrome?

    joeroshan (10/5/2016)

    Being myself worked as both DBA and developer, I have interacted with the other for both sides. Each camp, people who are ready to learn and grow, makes work...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 5, 2016 at 7:18 am

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  • RE: Do you have DBA syndrome?

    manie (10/5/2016)

    ...My problem would be the network IT guy who continuously complains about the disk space that my backups and log shipping take up and guards the network like a...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 5, 2016 at 6:38 am

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  • RE: Do you have DBA syndrome?

    Forcing developers to write inline SQL statements is a worse crime than letting developers write inline SQL statements.

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 5, 2016 at 6:32 am

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  • RE: Do you have DBA syndrome?

    I think that most DBAs I have met with this syndrome have been closer to being a Theoden character; there usually is a Wormtongue and no one feels that they...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 5, 2016 at 2:27 am

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  • RE: Questioning the Interviewer

    Like many here, I ask questions as I go. As a freelancer I have less focus on the long term happiness working for a company. I tend to be more...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 4, 2016 at 5:30 am

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  • RE: Coming Attacks

    So now everyone and their grandma is going to ask us to secure their IoT lightbulb because it is going to be "their" responsibility. Legally, would it then make it...

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

    October 4, 2016 at 4:53 am

    #1904625

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