This month’s question had 21 responses, although a few were duplicates. The question was:

What is your favorite DBA joke?

If you haven’t read the jokes yet, click on the link above to see what people came up with.

Humor is very subjective, which made it difficult to select a winner. After much deliberation, I have selected Dave Dustin of Auckland, NZ as this month’s winner. Here is his winning entry:

A big party is being held to honor relational database systems and their impact on modern society. Outside the venue, the host awaits the guests.

The first limousine arrives and out steps Oracle followed by 4 people.

Host: Who have you brought along?

Oracle: I have 4 DBA’s in tow. One to install me, one to design the databases, one to administer me, and the other to justify the cost.

A second limo arrives and out steps DB2 followed by 40 people.

Host: Who have you bought along?

DB2: I have 2 DBA’s, 2 hardware specialists, and 36 consultants.

A third limo arrives and out steps SQL Server all on his own.

Host: Why haven’t you brought anyone?

SQL Server: I didn’t bring anyone because I am easy to install and am basically self managing. But I did bring the #sqlhelp Twitter hashtag for when the excrement hits the fan.

20 minutes later, up rushes MySQL, unshaved, hair a mess.

Host: Where have you been MySQL?

MySQL: Sorry, I thought it was February 31st.

Dave has won a US $50.00 Amazon.com gift certificate and a single license for SQL Backup Pro with one year of support and upgrades worth US $994.00.

Thanks to everyone participated in this month’s contest, and don’t forget to enter the June Question of the Month.