Agree totally with the editorial. Constructive criticism is almost always the right thing to do, and if it's not appreciated then at least you know you did the right thing.

I'll...

I could be missing the point, but it seems to me that a lot of the "toasters" mentioned in this thread aren't toasters so much as wishlist utilities. I thought...

Without trying to devalue this topic's importance, I'd point out that many of the points in the article are not DBA issues; they're business and management issues. "Being told to...

Ah. OK. I'll crawl back under my rock again....

GSquared (12/7/2009)

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Steve Jones - Editor (12/7/2009)

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I'm not sure that I agree multiple apps aren't simpler. You do have the same knowledge requirement, but when you go to perform a function,...

When we build an application, or even work with a platform like SQL Server, what' s the right balance between simplicity and choice? I'm not sure, but I think that...

paul.knibbs (11/20/2009)

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The argument that domain admins shouldn't have full rights on the SQL databases is a bit of a side issue, IMHO, because a domain admin with malicious intent could...

Ben Leighton (11/20/2009)

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majorbloodnock (11/20/2009)

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I agree, and I must admit...

I agree, and I must admit there are one...

Was that a zero-based list? ;-):-D

Unsurprisingly, I don't find myself making gender-based assumptions much at all. I say "unsurprisingly", since my head of department is a woman, and a very successful head of department at...

Hmm. Despite efforts to the contrary, it seems I've managed to explain myself badly, and come across rather arrogantly at the same time. My apologies.

I don't think that changing storage...

With respect, if the default backup directory for your instance doesn't exist, I'd suggest that's a misconfiguration issue rather than a limitation of the "backup database" command. I can think...

Jeff Moden (11/4/2009)

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I'd encourage the rest of you to give it a try and see if you can inspire a young girl, a minority, or a child you know to...

GSquared (10/29/2009)

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jcrawf02 (10/29/2009)

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GSquared (10/29/2009)

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jcrawf02 (10/29/2009)

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GSquared (10/29/2009)

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I've seen one good implementation of Sharepoint, which ignored the workflow aspects entirely but made it very easy to keep project data in one place...