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  • RE: The T-SQL Paradigm

    While some languages are so terse that they look like a hex dump, SQL is actually one of the more verbose, yet it still manages to be one of the...

  • RE: The Disappearing DBA

    This is not the difference between a Developer and a DBA, it is the difference between Developers and Support. Some DBA's do development work, even if most are in a...

  • RE: Troubleshooting

    In that case, I suppose I must retract my earlier criticism of your analogy - I still think that the comparison wasn't very close, but the point of an analogy...

  • RE: Troubleshooting

    that is why training and familiarization, disaster drills, etc. come in handy

    Thinking about it further, I think you have stumbled on the biggest difference - both Fire and Ambulance...

  • RE: From the Real World: On Call Again

    Jack Corbett (4/2/2009)

    Yeah, but it was published on April 1st and in the April 1st newsletter.

    Yeah, but here in the UK, the April 1st newsletter doesn't arrive until the morning...

  • RE: Troubleshooting

    Interesting analogy, but I'm afraid that is simply isn't true.

    Recent studies have shown that well trained personnel (I think it was Incident Controller, aka Lead Fireman specifically) simply do...

  • RE: From the Real World: On Call Again

    Very Lame.

    And it's not even 1st April now.

  • RE: The SQL Bailout

    Well personally speaking, if I heard: "DBAs ... see all the data that is available" I think I would be giving you some 'stimulus'

    A good DBA should have no idea...

  • RE: The January 2009 Car Update

    These days most cars ARE fairly modular.

    When the manufacturer introduces a new bodyshell, the running gear remains the same as the last model.

    A year or two later the engines get...

  • RE: The Security of You

    At the very least, it must count as 'Personally Identifying Data' so all of the limits of the Data Protection Act would count (in the UK). Note that one of...

  • RE: Calculate the Running Total for the last five Transactions

    Is no one else going to point out that the results of this process are flawed: the first four values are given as zero, which is just plain wrong! (One...

  • RE: Mini-Me

    I am not entirely sure what kind of checks you are referring to, but I have worked in some organisations where none of the checks rely on automatic monitorring, and...

  • RE: The Security of You

    Another well-documented case is that of Shirley McKie

    Not only does this show that things can go wrong, but how hard it can be to prove your side of the story,...

  • RE: The Security of You

    Actually, we do know many of the security holes, but the vendors generally like to ignore them, describing them as 'impossible' and so forth.

    I don't have a reference to hand,...

  • RE: A Little DOS for a Poor DBA

    Yes, very 'Powerful' stuff indeed.

    Round here, 'Powerful' is always regarded as a synonym for 'Dangerous' and I don't think this article disproves that point!

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