My experience has been very different than the research that was described in the Bloomberg article. I’ve found in younger years, you’ve graduated from college, you have...

Scenario One – What an opportunity to be a hero!!! Contact the vendor; tell them that their application is performing slowly. Ask them what can be done to...

Thank you for taking time to read my article. I appreciate the insight of each poster. I posted my initial comments on 4/14/2008. However, let me reiterate that I wrote...

Thanks to everyone who read and commented on my article. I hope that it is useful for other DBAs who are developing an upgrade process. Also, after searching...

What is your college degree in?

I have a BS degree in Computer Science.

How did you get from where you started to where you are today?

My degree helped me...

As one of the previous posters pointed out, there are many positions that have access to confidential data. A DBA position should not be singled out.

I think a better...

I hope the individual who did this, realizes what they did was wrong and learns from this experience. I would recommend that the individual get things right by apologizing...

I have a different perspective than many of the blogs I have read. It’s the employer’s money and the employer can do with it whatever he wants. If...

Thank you for taking time to read my article. I appreciate the insight of each poster. I posted my initial comments on 4/14/2008. However, let me...

Steve - I think this article was just as appropriate as any “database related” editorial you could have written. When I consider what the IT field makes compared to other...

Thank you for taking time to read my article. I hope that you have found the DBA Morning Check List article valuable. At one time, I worked at...

Database Name: Buzz_Data

Database Size: 12.3 GB

Data Files: 1 (Primary)

Transaction Log File: 1

Database Tables: 500+

At Present my user's are facing problem to retrive data in time inspite of having Server's config...

The response to this article has been great! I especially liked the ideas of remote joins, openquery , remote stored procedures, and table valued functions.

Almost every DBA...

I think SQL Server 2005 was released prematurely. Some obvious features didn't work right away. One of many examples: Linked Servers, did not display the tables.

After SP2, I...

Yes, the actual mirroring portion, that most likely involves moving keys, certificates, ect.

If I recall correctly, the data sent over the link between the principal and the mirror is automatically...