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I couldn't work in an environment with no humor, our jobs can be plenty stressful and the occasional need to blow off steam with bad humor is invaluable.
Perhaps the most...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 23, 2008 at 11:54 am
James Stover (7/22/2008)
... One that isn't the pointy-haired boss asking me to track every 6 minutes of my working day (oh yes, it's happened). ...
Yup, been there, done that. ...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 23, 2008 at 9:07 am
Someguy (7/22/2008)
jpowers (7/22/2008)
you see the buttons above the messages (Reply, Quote, etc.)? Select the Quote button above the message and it automatically quotes the message, leaving...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 22, 2008 at 3:24 pm
jpowers (7/22/2008)
Wayne West (7/22/2008)
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 22, 2008 at 10:13 am
I'm sorry, but I'm not really seeing anything new here. "Degrees and certifications are no indicator of quality." "We want team players." "We want flexible people." ...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 22, 2008 at 9:11 am
Jeff Moden (7/21/2008)
... I might just simplify them to "The DBA is always right." 😛
I think this is what you might be looking for:
Rule 1: The DBA is always right.
Rule...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 21, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Jeff Moden (7/21/2008)
1. A DBA may not injure data or performance of the data or, through inaction, allow data or performance of the data...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 21, 2008 at 8:53 am
Good list, Miles. When I started working retail back when I was in high school, on the first day I was told: "Never argue with a customer. You...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 18, 2008 at 9:57 am
I have pretty good soft skills, but I don't often have to work with higher-ups outside of my department. I'm good at listening and translating what they want into...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 18, 2008 at 9:40 am
Steve Jones - Editor (7/17/2008)... To me "team" is the entire group you work with, not just necessarily database people. From an entire production team to an IT department, depending...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 17, 2008 at 10:24 am
This word, "Team"? It must be one of your strange Earth customs. :alien:
I have NEVER had a team when it came to DBA work. Well, not entirely true,...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 17, 2008 at 8:23 am
OSQL is just a program that allows you to pipe Transact-SQL commands into a SQL Server instance. Its command syntax, aside from the syntax specific to OSQL (which you...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 16, 2008 at 4:41 pm
If you're creating five copies of the same database containing the same seven tables, how about creating them in the Model database then just create the databases? You might...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 16, 2008 at 4:21 pm
As a rule, you can easily monitor data changes in SQL Server: insert, update, delete. But there's no easy way to see who is looking at what. A...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 16, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Be aware that in SQL Server 2005, xp_sendmail is deprecated but still supported, the recommendation is to use Database Mail. I have no idea if xp_sendmail still works in...
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[font="Arial"]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it. --Samuel Johnson[/font]
July 16, 2008 at 3:41 pm
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