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  • RE: The Software Comparison - Part 3

    Rick Magnuson (6/4/2008)


    The comparison seems like a stretch. Doctors save lives and take the lives of others in their hands everyday. It would be utterly pompus for a DBA to...

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  • RE: The Software Comparison - Part 3

    Examining different areas of work to find comparisons and contrasts with IT is indeed worthwhile, with enough discussion material to cover many days of editorials. However, couldn't the ensuing discussions...

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  • RE: Software Comparison - Part 2

    I'm afraid I think GSquared has the measure of it, and that "used car salesman" is an unfortunately apt analogy. I've been working in IT a good many years, and...

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  • RE: Software Comparison - Part 2

    I must admit I'm scratching my head a bit here, regarding today's and yesterday's topics for discussion. The thing is that an analogy is there to illustrate a particular point,...

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  • RE: The Software Comparison

    gary.clinton (6/2/2008)


    I did chuckle at your "loss of materials" comparison in the construction industry. Big tip! - If you're ever building anything with lumber and nails, pick up a sawzall...

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  • RE: Calculate Easter Date

    John Mitchell (6/2/2008)


    majorbloodnock (6/2/2008)


    For instance, I found out that, in the UK, when Christmas falls on a Saturday, the following Monday is the Boxing Day bank holiday and the bank...

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  • RE: Calculate Easter Date

    John Mitchell (6/2/2008)


    Very interesting. But I think I'm happy enough just looking it up in a diary!

    Actually, I think it failed for me because my default language is British...

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  • RE: Calculate Easter Date

    Interesting, John; it worked fine for me.

    Actually, I had to create a bit of vb-based code a while ago for calculating Easter correctly, and then ported it into a SQL...

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  • RE: The Software Comparison

    I would suggest it's a primary objective of any DBA to ensure software development is never analogous to construction of a sewer network, although given the quality, quantity and type...

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  • RE: The Exceptional DBA Awards

    Interestingly, culture will have a big part to play here.

    Standing up and shouting, "Hey, guys, look at what I've done - isn't it great!" is pretty acceptable in Germany or...

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  • RE: The Exceptional DBA Awards

    It's a good point that Jim's made. IT by its very nature a discipline where you only get noticed if something's going wrong, and even IT professionals often take colleagues'...

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  • RE: Sorting the Sheep from the Goats

    GSquared (5/28/2008)


    majorbloodnock (5/28/2008)


    Matt Miller (5/28/2008)


    Clustering your tied shoes might be tricky though.......:hehe::P

    He, he.

    Three-legged race, anyone?

    I guess that would be an inner join... and has the usual performance problems...

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  • RE: Sorting the Sheep from the Goats

    Matt Miller (5/28/2008)


    Clustering your tied shoes might be tricky though.......:hehe::P

    He, he.

    Three-legged race, anyone?

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  • RE: Physical Database Architecture

    Yogeesha (5/28/2008)


    :unsure:

    "Log files do not contain pages; they contain a series of log records."

    now what is this 'series of log records'? are they not saved in any files/pages?

    No. The disc...

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  • RE: Sorting the Sheep from the Goats

    Robert Hermsen (5/27/2008)


    Being in a DBA role which supports a lot of customers...

    we used to have a great test for anyone interviewing for a position. over the phone walk...

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