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  • RE: DBA Tasks - To automate or use my own eyes

    I use a Perl script that reads the previous 24 hours of logs per server and filters out successful logins, so server restarts and failed logins and jobs stand out...

  • RE: Packaged-Application Database Nightmares - A Horror Story.

    SQLBlimp (12/24/2015)


    ... The inspiration for this story was a "database agnostic" ERP application. The trouble is that the lowest common denominator was not SQL Server->Oracle->mySQL - it seemed to...

  • RE: The client was unable to reuse a session with SPID XX, which had been reset for connection pooling.

    Paresh, have you checked the default databases for your user logins? A starting point to look at this would be something like:

    select name, dbname from syslogins

    Syslogins is deprecated and...

  • RE: Running as SysAdmin

    dragonfly (12/21/2015)


    Netbackup from Symantec still requires the sysadmin role. Otherwise it fails.

    I mean - how long has the backup role been around. You'd think an organisation like Symantec would be...

  • RE: Fun with qualifiers

    david.irvine 7489 (12/18/2015)


    happycat59 (12/1/2015)


    Mmm, that was nasty. I oh so want to see someone try to create anything remotely like that on my watch.

    Oh, yes, I want that! Where...

  • RE: SQL Server Hits 100% CPU and nothing works

    You definitely don't want antivirus scanning any *.?df files, I don't know if there's any other file extensions for SQL Server that should be excluded. You can also find...

  • RE: Communicating with Non-Technical Users

    Ray K (12/14/2015)


    If anyone's interested in this topic, I've spoken about this at two SQL Saturdays (most recently, this past weekend in Providence, RI).

    I submitted my presentation abstract for SQL...

  • RE: SQL Server Hits 100% CPU and nothing works

    Is your system in use 24 hours a day? Do you have any scheduled jobs starting at 2am, specifically, any new or recently changed jobs? I find the...

  • RE: Outer Joins

    I knew it was deprecated and removed, still, I wanted to look it up on BOL. I didn't know there was a *= operator in programming languages now! ...

  • RE: Security Decisions

    They've arrested the apparent VTech hacker: a 21 year old Brit. Apparently he is a bit of a hacker who stumbled upon some information, started scratching, and got in...

  • RE: The Years of Experience

    Beatrix Kiddo (12/15/2015)


    ... * the pay wasn't great and the politics were terrible :-D.

    I think if I had Beatrix Kiddo working in my office, I'd make EXTRA SURE that the...

  • RE: Security Decisions

    RonKyle (12/13/2015)


    ... Presumably most everyone knows about SQL injection. ...

    The children's toy maker VTech was hacked in November via SQL Injection. VTech had NO SSL on their site:...

  • RE: Building Better Communication Skills

    One of my favorite Foxtrot comics had Jason typing the following in to the computer:

    Marry hat hey lid tell lam, ids fleas woes wide has know.

    The spell checker finds no...

  • RE: Rethinking Hiring

    Gary Varga (12/9/2015)


    ... No worries Jeff. I am not easily offended. (If that was you intention then you need to try harder ;-))

    I take it "Your mother was a hamster...

  • RE: Rethinking Hiring

    That's ridiculous. That's a power play to show that the interviewer is smarter than the interviewee and it's thoroughly nonproductive and wasteful of everyone's time. If you were...

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