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  • RE: The New DBA

    GilaMonster (7/1/2015)


    Rod at work (7/1/2015)


    I have to respond to this, especially when you say that it appears there's a DBA/Developer factory pressing out people all using the same mold. That...

  • RE: The New DBA

    Eric M Russell (6/30/2015)


    There is a certain type of candidate who all seem to share the same basic resume, which seems impressive on the surface (a tag cloud with 30...

  • RE: The New DBA

    Alvin Ramard (7/1/2015)


    Jeff Moden (7/1/2015)


    Ed Wagner (6/30/2015)


    Alvin Ramard (6/30/2015)


    Jeff Moden (6/30/2015)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/30/2015)


    GoofyGuy (6/30/2015)


    None of the following are technical questions, they're just simple and conversational, but they...

  • RE: The Importance of Our Work

    Good article, Steve. However sometimes work is overwhelming, even when you're not at work. I was unemployed for nearly 9 months until I got the job I've now in (I...

  • RE: The New DBA

    WOW Steve, that definition of DBA is quite different from what I've been used to for many years. At best I have only considered myself to be an Accidental DBA....

  • RE: #SQLNewBlogger

    I like the challenge, Steve. Even Accidental DBA's like myself? I'll try; see how it goes.

  • RE: Sweat Files and Practice Projects

    John Hanrahan (6/18/2015)


    I'm a little surprised. There are great resources for directed learning, websites like coursera.org, Pluralsight, even Khan Academy. And if you want tough and interesting projects...

  • RE: Sweat Files and Practice Projects

    I really appreciate what you wrote here, Andy. I'm a developer first and a DBA second. Some years ago I needed to learn how to write ASP.NET Web Forms apps...

  • RE: Culture Clashes and Arrogance

    Great post, Andy. Having started a new job I feel this intensely. I'm in the role of an asker. Things move so slowly that I wonder how I'll keep my...

  • RE: The Rename Game

    I don't typically rename tables or views. There's been some badly named (IMO) tables, but I've just lived with them.

    However, stored procedures are different. I've often taken an old SP...

  • RE: When Should We Be Cleaning Data?

    I think that sometimes the amount of required data is simply out of our hands. I now work for a State agency, which needs to report data to different Federal...

  • RE: Is there some way to order the results returned from a UNION?

    Jacob Wilkins (6/5/2015)


    You can definitely sort the results in a combo box. In the Row Source property of the combo box, just add the appropriate ORDER BY clause to the...

  • RE: Is there some way to order the results returned from a UNION?

    Lynn, what I'm trying to do is group the records by BitField, whether they're ordered or not. What I was hoping the UNION would do is return all of the...

  • RE: Naming Confusion

    I prefer using suffixes to prefixes. Personal preference, but that's the way I roll.

  • RE: Boring or Scripting

    mister.magoo (5/17/2015)


    It would be great if that post had some links for further reading 🙂

    Agreed. I know it's possible to search for PowerShell tutorials, etc., but it would be nice...

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