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  • Reply To: Education to solve the tech skills shortage

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    SQL Server has been very very good to me.

     

    Eric, I heartily agree with you on this.  Looking back in my computer data it appears that my first employment involving...

  • Reply To: Data Cleanup

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    lol, I have neither a 3.5, nor a Zip drive anymore. Tossed most of the media years ago. I think we're down to one DVD drive in the house...

  • Reply To: Data Cleanup

    I think regular archiving plans are likely one of the most overlooked features in systems design.  The most inefficient method I ever experienced was when we had no option but...

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  • Reply To: Education to solve the tech skills shortage

    mcdba2000-762400 wrote:

    Talent is always there and never hard to find!  The problem is employers not wanting to pay for that talent! Yes thats great to offer training to those who...

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  • Reply To: Change Approvals

    Ok, Brian, sorry I'm so slow on this.  Now I get it.  That's where they keep the porn collection.

    Tell them to fund a personal liability policy for you before you...

  • Reply To: Change Approvals

    "I do have one database that is STUPID critical to the company - in order to get access to it, you must first sign a waiver saying that in the...

  • Reply To: Change Approvals

    Mr. Brian Gale wrote:

    While I do agree that having the code go live quickly to fix a problem is nice, what if things go wrong?  What if that code release halts production...

  • Reply To: Change Approvals

    Mr. Brian Gale wrote:

    Just saw your reply there skeleton567 and thought I'd reply too as our process has changed a bit as we changed managers.  Now, the process is still that it...

  • Reply To: Change Approvals

    "It's been said that the person closest to the work is often the best person to judge if it should be released, but that's only partially true. Deploying code is...

  • Reply To: Looking Back at 2021

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    2021 was the year I was tired all the time - perhaps it was recovery from 2020.

    In regards to SQL Server, auditing and compliance was front and center. I...

  • Reply To: Looking Back at 2021

    Just reflecting on this article and also on 2021, I think that for those of you still raising families and pursuing careers, one of the best things you can do...

  • Reply To: Wellness Week

    Well, this will probably tick some of you off, but I just have to sound off on this thing.

    Wellness week, my freakin' arse.  Get over it.  I was raised by...

  • Reply To: Tell Your Loved Ones You Care

    Grant, from my perspective this is very good advice.  My wife and I are 78 years old.  Every morning we are thankful that we wake up together.  When I wake...

  • Reply To: Building a Production Database

    "The one database item that I think really can matter is linked to storage systems, but I think it applies to databases. "...bias heavily towards consistency and durability rather than...

  • Reply To: Taking Stock of Your Career

    While I was in college studying sociology I had a job stocking shelves and making deliveries for an office supply company.   One day my boss, Bob Hensley asked me if...

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