aspiring_dba (11/24/2011)

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This is really very good post sir

I think the most difficult problem for SQL Newbies who aspire to become a DBA, is to get their first SQL job....

I am glad there's nothing nearby these days. I am trying to eat more fruit (apples/bananas) or even a salad with dried fruit on it when I'm hungry.

Also trying to...

Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I had a great time in the mountains.

Best of luck on that!

Behave, I'm off to the mountains for a week.

Enjoy Thanksgiving, everyone.

I'd take the cash, but I would blow it on an adventure. Surfing in Australia or skiing in the Swiss Alps sound good to me.

Babe, bouncer, or barbarian?

No, you can do what you want.

steven.girard (11/18/2011)

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It all depends who is asking.

Technical person (mostly information sector): ETL Developer

Semi-technical (people in the business): BI Guy

Outside World: Programmer

If I have questions regarding whats a programmer, "I work...

Chad Crawford (11/17/2011)

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Wahoo! Just passed the MS 70-453 test, making me a MCITP for SQL 2008 just in time for 2012 to come out. 😀

Very happy - Passing...

SQLDCH (11/17/2011)

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Jets vs Broncos tonight, don't forget to get those lineups in.

Just three weeks left, lots can happen. I think the <artist formerly known as LOJ> is the only...

First, is this SQL 2000?

Second, what do you mean a recovery state or recovery process? Any query could potentially block other work and make the server appear to be unresponsive.

If...

Very cool talk, if you haven't seen it:

http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2011/11/how-stackoverflow-scales-sql-server-video/

Two things I can think of. And you might need to run a trace/profiler session as you run the MSI to check. Make sure you run the code from the...

You can connect multiple databases to the same branch in a VCS.

Suppose you create the SalesDB project/branch in VCS (Subversion/Git/etc). That is done outside of SQL Source Control, and potentially...