Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • Lynn Pettis (5/27/2009)


    There is nothing inherently wrong with this post, but I have to wonder off to my tent in the desert. What do we do as DBA's that isn't technical in nature??

    Well, when I was DBA for a small window coverings company, I had to be close enough to the business to propose projects and sell them to senior management, discuss process improvements with line managers, back up some operational folks (on the mainframe), and a host of other non-technical stuff (including making the coffee when I took the last cup).

    At another place I worked, the guys whose job descriptions read "DBA", just watched for red lights on HP Openview and reacted as needed.

    DBA can mean many things.


    And then again, I might be wrong ...
    David Webb

  • Tom Brown (5/27/2009)


    Roy Ernest (5/27/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (5/27/2009)


    GSquared (5/27/2009)


    I have an outline and structure in mind. Now it's a matter of fleshing it out. Won't be immediate, but should be fast.

    If there is anything you need help with like research, code testing, etc, I'd be glad and help. I think it would be valuable experience for me.

    I too volunteer for that part. Research and Code testing is good for me too... 🙂

    Lynn Congrats... 🙂

    Not sure if I could add anything on the subject of indexing, however you can have my services for proof reading, code checking, und so weiter.

    Don't say

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  • Jan Van der Eecken (5/27/2009)


    Don't say

    :kiss:

  • Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

  • Wow.

    I posted, went to bed, and here we are the following morning with five (count 'em!) pages of posts to catch up on. You (y'all) have been busy! Sixteen posts to 5000!

    Special mention for Bob's "what's an index" post - I fell off my chair laughing at that.

    I feel that the definitive work on indexing should certainly include such humour. Not enough laughs in your average SQL tome IMNSHO.

    My guess would be that the technical content of such a book would not be the challenge for you lot - staying on topic might be though 😛

    Actually, the hard part would be getting the structure and overall flow of the thing right - something I suck at royally.

    Paul

  • john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

    john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Ah, the secret formula for building up points without actually demonstrating SQL acumen or adding value to conversations, yet not risking saying something completely wrong....

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  • Paul White (5/27/2009)


    [font="Courier New"]Maximum stored procedure, function, trigger, or view nesting level exceeded (limit 32).

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    ROFL....

    Thanks, Paul.

    ("Twelve bottles of beer on the wall, twelve bottles of beer.....")

  • Well now that's just strange. What the heck?

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  • And because I can...

    10 bottles of beer on the wall, 10 bottles of beer...

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Grant Fritchey (5/27/2009)


    And because I can...

    10 bottles of beer on the wall, 10 bottles of beer...

    Make that 9. I just opened one.

    😎



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  • 9 bottles of beer on the wall, 9 bottles of beer! Take 1 down pass it around, 8 bottles of beer on the wall!!

  • 8 bottles of beer on the wall, 8 bottles of beer! Take 1 down pass it around, 7 bottles of beer on the wall!!



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  • Hello, Expert Gurus!!!!

    I need to know what "SQL" means.

    Is an index the opposite of an outdex?

    IF U DON"T KNOW, PLEAS DOn't AnSer me.

    Urgent, urgent, urgent..... My database fundamentals instructor told me that if I offer eight bottles of beer, you will do all my homework for me.

    (Something about the approach of a BIG [font="Comic Sans MS"]ROUND NUMBER[/font] makes me giddy)

  • john.arnott (5/27/2009)


    Hello, Expert Gurus!!!!

    I need to know what "SQL" means.

    Is an index the opposite of an outdex?

    IF U DON"T KNOW, PLEAS DOn't AnSer me.

    Urgent, urgent, urgent..... My database fundamentals instructor told me that if I offer eight bottles of beer, you will do all my homework for me.

    (Something about the approach of a BIG [font="Comic Sans MS"]ROUND NUMBER[/font] makes me giddy)

    You forgot, I don't accept links as answers.

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