Megistal (10/30/2014)

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But I would take a chance and say "The price is not yet enough to enforce good practices". In others words, chance that something will not happen vs amount...

Eric M Russell (10/30/2014)

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The impression I get is that most of these hacks targeting big retailers are actually not database penetrations. Malware gets installed on the Point Of Sale terminals,...

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And easily attainable. It often is just a bit...

Robert.Sterbal (10/29/2014)

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Steve,

You mentioned the following things a bored DBA could do when stuck in a rut:

Why learn Biml

build an SSIS package

write running totals

find gaps in data stream

replication

DR

HA

tune...

OK, confirmed with a few people that it was what I was thinking, but wasn't sure.

Corruption can't be sent from primary to mirror. The log records are all that's sent,...

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Yes, I think so. I think it depends on the corruption and how it's handled.

If you have a corrupt page in your primary, and there is a good page in...

Not the topic I was discussing.

Steven.Howes (10/29/2014)

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I know people sometimes bash certifications, but this is a big part of why I do them. They're a nice concise way of looking at the features of...

Tx

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There is basis for some good pondering here.. How to balance the companies' need for "scientists managing production systems" against the individual specialist's need for tuning...

Thanks 😀

Well, I have to say I'd have traded the FF win Monday with Murray for a Cowboys win.

Still can't figure this out. Brady goes off, and he's benched. Saints finally...

Rooting for the Royals, and enjoyed hearing the 2nd (and 8th) innings on the radio.

If the transaction can be written to the primary, then the same log change is sent to the mirror. If the corruption is in your SAN, but it accepts the...