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  • RE: Naming Confusion

    BWFC (5/22/2015)


    One of my favorites was naming printers after the 7 Snow White dwarfs. It was a bit limited for growth.

    Dwarfs, limited for growth. I see what you did...

  • RE: Native Audits

    I am vaguely aware of the feature but have never implemented it nor have I seen it used at any client. Most clients either do not audit or roll out...

  • RE: Controlling Alerts

    A recent client had a system where known potential faults, e.g. missing data that cause overnight job failures, had a documented resolution. These resolutions were not aimed at fixing the...

  • RE: Naming Confusion

    I was at one place where they used Lord of the Rings characters. This lead to spelling issues.

    Also, there is a tendency for a name to gain meaning so when...

  • RE: Naming Confusion

    call.copse (5/21/2015)


    ...The best advice I saw was to change the colour scheme in SMSS to red or something to indicate live server - I think you can change the tab...

  • RE: VMs are not VMs

    I guess simply, not all usage scenarios are the same.

    A receptionist will not necessarily need the same computing power as a DBA or developer, for example.

  • RE: Boring or Scripting

    I too was going to recommend http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com. The PowerShell courses are run by a a duo half of which is Jeffrey Snover. He architected PowerShell.

  • RE: Awareness

    Whilst it is not the side of DBA work that I am interested in (being a developer) I rely on DBAs being interested in monitoring so am thrilled to see...

  • RE: Documenting with Tests

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/18/2015)


    Gary Varga (5/18/2015)


    It's probably unlikely that you ever found much value in the comments in a paying job.

    So untrue.

    The key in code comments are what...

  • RE: Opening Up Data

    TrailRunner (5/13/2015)


    I work for a regular company. They are just on a crusade to move things to the cloud and go with everything possible with open source (community editions only),...

  • RE: Searching for Plans

    All these years later on and I still think that the early take that there is little value in spending so much resource on finding the best plan over one...

  • RE: Documenting with Tests

    It's probably unlikely that you ever found much value in the comments in a paying job.

    So untrue.

    The key in code comments are what gets commented. You shouldn't document what the...

  • RE: Byte Me: The Nectar of Life

    Good redundancy though :smooooth:

  • RE: Byte Me: The Nectar of Life

    Too well dressed 😛

  • RE: Not Only a Meeting of Minds, but of Open Minds.

    ...and then go to the pub 🙂

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