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  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    TravisDBA (7/15/2011)


    Less government control is a better idea.

    Yeah, right... lets just let the free market continue along with their corrupt CEO's continuing to line their pockets, while millions get...

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  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    J Thaddeus Klopcic (7/15/2011)


    $50k - $75k plus nice benefits isn't enough? Sorry -- our systems can't spin gold from straw.

    $50K is peanuts for the kind of competency and experience...

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  • RE: Avoiding redundant data storage

    TDM13 (7/14/2011)


    At the moment our administration team sometimes requires to restart the server e.g. for installing updates. But you are right, this happens not very often. But one argument for...

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  • RE: Avoiding redundant data storage

    You would need to clarify what "shutting down the database for maintenance" actually means. What sort of maintenance requires you to totally shut down the database?

    Perodic index maintenance would not...

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  • RE: Avoiding redundant data storage

    You stated all of the negatives about this design... and they get worse as the size and transaction rate increase. The design is not scalable.

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  • RE: C# question for accessing SQL Server 2008 (10.5)

    I'm using SMO v10.0 from a c# App against SQL 2008 & R2 with no issues.

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  • RE: A Little Interviewing Advice

    Being a good BSer is a critical skill if you are trying to get elected to a public orifice.

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  • RE: delete without commit

    transactions are connection based so if the connection is closed before the commit then everything is rolled back.

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  • RE: Service Broker queue insert vs. table insert

    Insert to a table will always be faster. The service broker "send" does a lot of things behind the scenes.... if you understand what it is actually doing and why,...

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  • RE: We Need a DBA Boot Camp

    1) That's affirmative - 1971 during the latter part of the Vietnam war. ('Platoon' was a pretty accurate depiction of life in the US Army during those days).

    2) No, I...

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  • RE: How Much Is It Worth?

    Eric M Russell (7/5/2011)


    Microsoft and Google enable citizens around the world to speak out about how they feel about their corrupt government. We see evidence of that every time...

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  • RE: How Much Is It Worth?

    "Until the voice of the people, not the corporation or private intrest group, is once again the strongest voice heard by the peoles government and legislature we will continue to...

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  • RE: How Much Is It Worth?

    Revenant (7/5/2011)


    Let me point out another wrinkle: big international companies have international shareholders, and their opinion what is ethical and what is not, with whom to do business and with...

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  • RE: How Much Is It Worth?

    RML51 (7/5/2011)


    I think a better solution is to limit campaign contributions. Eliminate all business, individual, and PAC contributions and have all parties receive equal, public, funding. Enforcing term limits may...

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  • RE: How Much Is It Worth?

    RML51 (7/5/2011)


    "Business are better off staying out of politics or deciding who is worthy and who is not. Public Corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders: to make good...

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