I can just see someone dropping their ice-cream cone on it....

I can also see a sysprog that I used to work with going...

Thanks for that

I did a search on this forum in case someone had asked the question before me but didn't think of looking...

Good point.

In any case, wrong time-wrong place. If you perceive this as running away from a blue then so be it because... (guess what goes here) 

Johan,

I am always willing to stick my neck out to have a debate with someone on a topic - provided it is the right time and place.

At this very minute,...

I find this discussion all very interesting (I really do) - it's just the wrong post to be doing it in.

Call me pedantic or even call me a DBA

On the other hand, if you want consistently POOR service from a section of an industry as opposed to just one company, I can always raise my bugbear of those...

I am having a similar issue at this very moment with a third-party software vendor.

Apart from the needs for *constant* patches to the bugs in their software (no... not Microsoft...

My stance on this thread is that I would prefer that it not get hijacked by a discussion on 9/11 and remains on the topic of remembering those have pride...

I have recently rediscovered something that really helps me in my role as a DBA - it makes me nicer to be around and far more productive when it comes...

Hey Casey!

I will comment as the young lady I have in mind isn't a part of this forum but she is the one I mentioned in a previous post.

Simply put-...

Fortunately I'm not old enough to remember the 8 bit world!

"Fortunately"??  I remember the 8-bit world as well but that is showing my age

Stella's not kidding about the distance thing from Australia to anywhere else in the world.

It's good in one respect that we're isolated in the sense of some of the issues...

The problem with the term 'Cowboy' is the context in which it's used.

To some it may mean someone who can think for themselves and take charge when there are issues...

I stopped using the 'shutdown' command remotely as well as I was told by someone with far more network experience than I had/have that I could shut down one box...

(tempered with the pain in the arse it requires if you need to restore the db)

OK, Steve - time to 'fess up... Where are you from?  Nobody in the USA...