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  • RE: MCDBA now, or later?

    Certifications are a mixed blessing. They demonstrate an awareness of the product but not in-depth knowledge. I am aware of how to do replication, but I have never replicated in...

  • RE: Fill Factor, DB REINDEX and Tables On A Heap

    Fill factor seems to be one of those terms that sometimes are important and at other times is not. My mentor made sure I understood what a fill factor was...

  • RE: does auto update stats ?

    I always manually update the stats on the production servers. I do not want SQL Server deciding to add to the overhead, I have enough problems.

  • RE: Simple dba with several developers

    In all of the shops I have been worked, the developers have sa rights on their development boxes. I don't care what they do there. I set all of them...

  • RE: Removing unused indexes according to execution plans

    You could run a trace through SQL Profiler. Remember this will add overhead to the server, so do not do it on production. It might be easier to break your...

  • RE: Do the certifications add value?

    Very good points - but I have not been in a hiring position for over two years.

    The example was from the fall of 2000 when I spent time...

  • RE: DB application off of a DVD

    Your best bet is the MSDE. You probably don't need to run Enterprise Manager, just the database engine.

    Dr. Peter Venkman: Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in...

  • RE: Stars

    I vote to not bother with grading the responses. It is an open forum and all responses are welcome. What would a person asking the question do? Go to...

  • RE: Do the certifications add value?

    I am pointing out that the study was from the happier 2000 - 2001 years. I might have participated in it, and had all of the optimism of...

  • RE: Do the certifications add value?

    I have hired people and I don't look at certifications; I look for experience. Yes, we received 250 resumes the last time we advertised and, easily, 200 were not...

  • RE: Off topic.........

    Happy Holidays

    Dr. Peter Venkman: Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance.

    Patrick

  • RE: Do the certifications add value?

    Laughing. You could google Braindumps and come back with a list of them. Microsoft is very quiet about the number of people who pass against those who fail. They...

  • RE: Do the certifications add value?

    Braindumps are there for the paper certifications. They are useful for those who value the cert more than anything else.

    They are the same people who assume that they...

  • RE: Migrating from Access to SQL

    Christy - another piece is to create a Connection object and use that for all of your connections. When you need to change your connect strings you have to...

  • RE: Do the certifications add value?

    My personal "senior" moment with SQL Server is anything to do with replication. I have worked as an App DBA for years and I have only worked on one...

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