January 9, 2017 at 9:17 am
Thanks. I'd love to know more about that. (I did Google it, but I'm not finding anything meaningful because the keywords are so popular).
January 9, 2017 at 9:19 am
Mail the dev team and ask nicely. (not joking, this isn't something they've disclosed afaik)
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
January 9, 2017 at 12:05 pm
Eirikur and Chris,
Sorry for the late notice but I only booked today!
I'm near Oxford Circus tomorrow for a camera flash course. It finishes at 4 30. So could meet up? I'll be parking on the outskirts on the central line, so Holborn would be easy 😉
Edit: obviously this is for Brandies benefit as well, so she can keep up with the meeting in London soap opera :w00t:
Cheers,
Rodders...
January 9, 2017 at 9:13 pm
I used to think it odd that people that people I've interviewed with more than 5 years of "experience" with SQL Server that made the claim of being a DBA on their resume couldn't answer even simple questions. With the growing number of posts like the following from people that have been a been member of SSC for more than 8 years like the following, I'm beginning to see that it's the norm rather than the exception.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1831422-3739-1.aspx
I'm no longer disappointed. Just amazed... particularly in the fact that this person still has a job.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
January 10, 2017 at 1:45 am
Jeff Moden (1/9/2017)
I used to think it odd that people that people I've interviewed with more than 5 years of "experience" with SQL Server that made the claim of being a DBA on their resume couldn't answer even simple questions.
I'm not as bothered about people not being able to answer apparently simple questions - there's a ton of stuff that I don't know that I imagine is patently obvious to a lot of people here. What bugs me is when they can't find the answers to some of the basic things online. I can't decide if some are clueless in the ways of search engines or just lazy.
January 10, 2017 at 2:07 am
I agree there Steve. Last week I had to do pretty much what the poster needed to do but I didn't have the first clue how to do it, it's not in my normal line of work. Ten minutes on Google later and I'd found what I was looking for and was cracking on. Not knowing something is normal but not bothering to look it up for yourself is just lazy.
How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537
January 10, 2017 at 2:46 am
BWFC (1/10/2017)
I agree there Steve. Last week I had to do pretty much what the poster needed to do but I didn't have the first clue how to do it, it's not in my normal line of work. Ten minutes on Google later and I'd found what I was looking for and was cracking on. Not knowing something is normal but not bothering to look it up for yourself is just lazy.
I agree with Steve too. About 15 years ago I needed to have something like that set of information, and had no idea how to get it on SQL Server. So I looked it up. I decided it would be a good idea to keep track in case in future I needed to look at history and trends, so made something to generate a report, and made a job to generate it daily, and arranged that the system would keep the last 12 reports generated on the 1st of a month, the most recent report generated on each of 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of a month, and the last 6 reports that didn't fall to be kept by the previous rules - a total of 22 reports. Took a fairly short time to look up what I needed and write the reporting code (including formatting and deletion and making sure there were copies of what was retained on a separate server) and most of that time was testing and changing system dates (and disabling time server access) to make sure retention and deletion were working correctly. By a week later, maybe sooner, I'd forgotten how to get the data - but so what, I didn't need to know how to get it, I could look at the code I already had that got it if I ever needed to do anything again - which I probably wouldn't as the system was keeping nice pretty reports for me in files on two servers. Why should I want to remember how to get that data? I had far more important things to learn about SQL Server and the people who misused it (like how to persuade a development shop that thought all SQL should be generated dynamically in C++ by directly using strings typed in by untrusted users, and wanted SA privileges for all its apps and claimed its apps depended critically on the SA password being blank that security mattered).
Tom
January 10, 2017 at 5:30 am
Thanks all for the words of support. Back today from my gallbladder surgery. Would have been back yesterday but got conflicting information before leaving the hospital and had to talk with the surgeon's office to get defiant answer.
Doing okay and not taking (or needing) any pain medications, not even over-the-counter ones.
Thanks again.
January 10, 2017 at 6:02 am
djj (1/10/2017)
Thanks all for the words of support. Back today from my gallbladder surgery. Would have been back yesterday but got conflicting information before leaving the hospital and had to talk with the surgeon's office to get defiant answer.Doing okay and not taking (or needing) any pain medications, not even over-the-counter ones.
Thanks again.
Good to hear you're home and relatively pain-free. Take the recovery slowly and watch your diet.
January 10, 2017 at 6:44 am
TomThomson (12/17/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (12/12/2016)
Gah. Less than a week until my parents visit for two weeks and I catch a cold. The last thing I need to do is give it to them because they have their own health issues and a cold would just make things worse (and miserable) for them.Time to load up on chicken soup / broth as well as zinc (or as much as I can load up on without causing additional health issues).
On the plus side, if I kick this out really fast, we have some majorly fun plans.
Try a gram a daty of ascorbic acid - you can probably get a decent amount of zince combined with it in tablets, and it's a lot more useful than xinc on its own. Ideally spread it out into several separate dozes over the day. Chicken broth is great, but chicken plus some vegetable is greater (and a decent chicken garbanzado is a really good stew and much better than English or American plain chicken broth). And eat braoilleagan (blaeberries? arandnos? blueberries? whatever you Americans call them) too.
So I mostly get over my cold by the time my parents come visit and what happens?
They catch influenza from a guy on the plane on their return trip home.
YIKES. Poor parents. At least they got diagnosed early and got their Tamiflu.
January 10, 2017 at 6:45 am
Michael L John (12/18/2016)
I left one thing out. I neglected to tell any of the other departments, like support,the names of the new servers.
That's not leaving something out. That's due diligence as in making sure no one else can screw up your new servers. @=)
January 10, 2017 at 6:51 am
rodjkidd (1/9/2017)
Eirikur and Chris,Sorry for the late notice but I only booked today!
I'm near Oxford Circus tomorrow for a camera flash course. It finishes at 4 30. So could meet up? I'll be parking on the outskirts on the central line, so Holborn would be easy 😉
Edit: obviously this is for Brandies benefit as well, so she can keep up with the meeting in London soap opera :w00t:
Cheers,
Rodders...
Aren't you adorable?
😉
January 10, 2017 at 6:52 am
djj (1/10/2017)
Thanks all for the words of support. Back today from my gallbladder surgery. Would have been back yesterday but got conflicting information before leaving the hospital and had to talk with the surgeon's office to get defiant answer.Doing okay and not taking (or needing) any pain medications, not even over-the-counter ones.
Thanks again.
Take it easy. Get well soon. And remember not to take a swim in any nearby rivers until you've healed. @=)
January 10, 2017 at 6:54 am
Wow. I haven't talked to any of you guys since last year. Happy New Year, I hope everyone is doing well.
Quick question(s). Does anyone here hold a CISSP cert?
The SO is studying for the exam, pointed out to me and mentioned that I probably wanted to take it too. At first glance it looks like something I'm interested in. The only problem is I'm going to need a sponsor for post-exam stuff. So, if anyone here has it, would you be willing to sponsor me when I pass the exam?
If not, I understand. But I am curious still as to who has the cert and how useful it's been to you.
January 10, 2017 at 7:34 am
Brandie Tarvin (1/10/2017)
djj (1/10/2017)
Thanks all for the words of support. Back today from my gallbladder surgery. Would have been back yesterday but got conflicting information before leaving the hospital and had to talk with the surgeon's office to get defiant answer.Doing okay and not taking (or needing) any pain medications, not even over-the-counter ones.
Thanks again.
Take it easy. Get well soon. And remember not to take a swim in any nearby rivers until you've healed. @=)
Thank you.
My house is on a stream and we are supposed to get a lot of rain so I hope no swimming is needed. 😉
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