GilaMonster (1/15/2010)

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Randolph Potter (1/15/2010)

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One thing I've been begging Microsoft for, is country-specific pricing. I'm pretty sure this is difficult to manage to avoid abuse, but it would make it more...

I view sql server as a low costing product, but it becomes a high priced product once you want to use all the free features, then suddenly ms wants all...

It's interesting how this seams to be the same world wide, not limited to usa. It's also weird that no companies I know about takes advantage of the situation and...

To be honest I've not had much time to look over the forums as of late so I can't say how it is there now, but I like it when...

A problem is if you accept to many issues that is not yours to solve, you are not doing what the company is paying you to do. If you do...

If an error occurs and you get to know about it, that is as should. What is more risky with patching with the latest directly without waiting or testing is...

Well, where I work we do write unit tests to make sure everything is working as expected. When I first started doing it it was slow but one becomes fast...

I would.

My best guess, it's not been prioritized to the team or that they have run into some issues they have not been able to solve. It is a good low...

Too be a good DBA you do need understanding for other things than just the database. I'd say you should have some AD experience, OS experience. If you also have...

Good post. All thou I feel that for me I need a variation of tasks and challenges. With that I also need the right salary or no word will make...

Michael Valentine Jones (10/5/2009)

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IceDread (10/5/2009)

While I'd argue that there are lots of people that does not want mankind to go forward, like the Christian Church attempts to stop Scientists and...

Jeff Moden (9/30/2009)

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IceDread (9/30/2009)

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To contradict you, a lot of the older guys on the works I have been consulting at never want to listen and fully understand even the more...

Well, thanks for bashing my generation, that was certainly called for..

I'm 28 so I'm one of those you just bashed a bit.

To contradict you, a lot of the older guys...

I would argue that you are not a dba if you are not good at scripting and know your database product such as ms sql server. I have myself not...