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  • RE: Is Big Data good for Data Professionals?

    "Bottom line - all Big Data tools do only one thing: placing the right index on the data.
    And you pay the providers for exactly that - strategically...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Is Big Data good for Data Professionals?

    Unfortunately, I firmly believe from what I saw during my years in IT is that 'big data' is often the result of system design that is incomplete and lacking in foresight. ...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Change Approvals

    "I'm a DBA.
    I'm not paid to solve problems. I'm paid to prevent them."

    Wow, in that case I'd say your employer is only getting half...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Change Approvals

    As with any business process, implementing changes can be under-managed or over-managed.  Several years before I left a DBA position I discovered that a particular set of about a dozen self-requested...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Null Defaults

    I think one thing all of this discussion points out is the importance of proper validation of data either at the application level or the database update level. or probably both...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Null Defaults

    skeleton567 - Friday, March 3, 2017 9:25 AM

    Mark Dalley - Friday, March 3, 2017 3:35 AM

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: Null Defaults

    Mark Dalley - Friday, March 3, 2017 3:35 AM

    Terje Hermanseter - Friday, March 3, 2017 2:51 AM

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs

    crmitchell (12/23/2016)


    skeleton567 (12/21/2016)


    skipping a minute won't hurt a thing, as long as you don't tell anybody.

    Until that one occasion where it does matter. As Murphy and Sod will cheerfully...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs

    gfish@teamnorthwoods.com (12/21/2016)


    Let me suggest a much simpler way of avoiding the CPU spike caused by running multiple jobs at once. Simply combine them into one job, with the contents of...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs

    skeleton567 (12/20/2016)


    Igor Micev (12/20/2016)


    skeleton567 (12/19/2016)


    Two things are going to cause CPU spikes by scheduled jobs:

    1. Poor design that causes a requirement that a job be run too frequently.

    2. ...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs

    Igor Micev (12/20/2016)


    skeleton567 (12/19/2016)


    Two things are going to cause CPU spikes by scheduled jobs:

    1. Poor design that causes a requirement that a job be run too frequently.

    2. Delusions...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: CPU Spikes Caused by Periodic Scheduled Jobs

    Two things are going to cause CPU spikes by scheduled jobs:

    1. Poor design that causes a requirement that a job be run too frequently.

    2. Delusions that the function...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: What do you do when you inherit a mess at work?

    Wingenious (12/7/2016)


    If we were all deeply pessimistic about redeveloping software then we might still be using VisiCalc.

    Sure, redeveloping software involves costs and risks, but so does running a business on...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: What do you do when you inherit a mess at work?

    Wingenious (12/6/2016)


    I would run out of fingers if I tried to count the number of times I have inherited a database mess with a new job. The new employer always...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • RE: What do you do when you inherit a mess at work?

    Iwas Bornready (12/6/2016)


    I worked with a programmer once who would run across some code that he thought should be optimized, written better. So he would modify the code. Half the...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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