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  • RE: How to become a DBA with no experience

    Internship might work. Might be able to get some sort of volunteer gig with a church or charity.

    Networking through LinkedIn or some such might be your best bet.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (12/4/2009)


    Visions of William Shatner in Airplane II: The Sequel.

    I thought it was Lloyd Bridges.

    Bru: Lynn is correct.

    If I post something that seems...

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  • RE: Cancelled transaction log backup rolling back???

    Something is blocking it from rolling back the backup. Usually, that just takes a few seconds. For it to be continually increasing the time remaining, something has to...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious 24601 (12/4/2009)


    This isn't the right thread for technical questions. I'd move it to one of the usual forums.

    No.... that's just what they'll be expecting us to do..... :smooooth:

    Visions...

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  • RE: All-in-one

    deanroush (12/4/2009)


    I am a developer\dba\etc IT worker and I like SSMS as-is with only one complaint: I would like the abiliity to undock and float multiple query\resultset windows around...

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  • RE: Alternative to using xp_cmdshell

    CLR would be my prefered method for that kind of thing.

    If not, then have the script enable xp_cmdshell, run the command, then disable xp_cmdshell. The odds of an attack...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (12/4/2009)


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    WayneS (12/4/2009)


    Hey gang...

    I'm having a weird issue. I can run a select * from a view from SSMS, no problem. Web site can't run it, and...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (12/4/2009)


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    WayneS (12/4/2009)


    Hey gang...

    I'm having a weird issue. I can run a select * from a view from SSMS, no problem. Web site can't run it, and can't...

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  • RE: Getting Timeout when run from web or open view

    One thing I've had to do a lot of times when getting data from one server to another, is pull the data into a table variable locally, then process it...

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  • RE: Clarification on results of using option(maxdop 1)

    It looks to me like the thing slowing the query down is the clustered index scan on dbo.rpt_sla_code_enquiry_data.

    You might be able to add an index with source_table_id and source_table__id as...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    WayneS (12/4/2009)


    Hey gang...

    I'm having a weird issue. I can run a select * from a view from SSMS, no problem. Web site can't run it, and can't open the view...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (12/4/2009)


    Brent Ozar was asking on Twitter about anyone in or willing to relocate to the San Fran area looking for a Senior SQL DBA position. Scaling and management experience...

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    "Impending doom" (okay, it's a phrase, but I think it counts in this case).

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (12/4/2009)


    Smells like sinking ship to me. Definitely fix up resume. Even it's not needed, good thing to do.

    Reminds me of 1st place I worked. For 2 months upper management...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Chris Morris-439714 (12/4/2009)


    It's unlikely but not unknown for an employee to lose more than their job when a company goes t1ts-up - but it's surprisingly demoralising working for a company...

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