Cannot agree more 😎

define talent, I never went to uni. never had that luxury. :-P.

Most Dba's that I know , have no certifications and yet have been in the industry a long time....

Call me old fashioned, but a CERT is nothing more than a bit of paper. Not taking a pop at anyone who has worked hard at getting certified. But I...

Generally as a rule of thumb you would have 1 tempdb file, per processor so for a single quad core, you would have 4 files, if you were taking it...

I am not sure about the US, but i can speak about the UK in general. having worked in the financial industry as a whole, including the investment banking industry....

Dont mind Jeff, if you want my advice, your 1st step is to sort out your CV, your CV gets you into the interview where you can sell yourself....

I have been freelance database specialist for over 12 years and i considered the topic very tongue in cheek, not something i would take seriously, normally you would temper your...

Excellent article, I totally agree, having worked as a sqlserver dba for about 3 years and working as oracle dba atm, it is a sad state of affairs when people...

Very good article, having worked with databases 12 years, mixture of foxpro, sql server dba and currently oracle dba. I can totally understand a lot of points raised. You are...

What happens is that you have a printer icon when you click it for the first time on that machine it prompts you for a download from the microsoft site...

We use RS Beta 2 in a production environment and the client printing was a major issue, I have a previous post concerning client side printing which noone has answered...

Very good guide on basic counters, looking forward to the rest of the series .

Darren Woodcock