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  • RE: IoT Pros and Cons

    It seem more and more I m asking why we want to do many of the things we see being done with technology, and I have concluded that 'Because we...

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

  • RE: Staging Deployments

    Well, we already have the SQL code stored inside the database so it can be deployed along with database changes to the server.  Maybe we should also make it possible...

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

  • RE: Dealing with Supervision

    GeorgeCopeland - Thursday, April 6, 2017 10:06 AM

    Eric M Russell - Thursday, April 6, 2017 8:34 AM

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

  • RE: Dealing with Supervision

    Probably the riskiest experience I dealt with over the years was one position where I worked for a manager with a huge ego and small experience.  One day while I was...

    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?

    "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?'

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