roger.plowman (11/7/2012)

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I find myself in strong disagreement with the editorial.

Sales people:

A) shouldn't be allowed near a computer without at least 3 armed guards to make sure they don't touch anything...

Ok, but include who made the update and this then becomes a useful query. If I have 500 users in my database at any one time, the last time someone...

I can't tell you how many times I have deleted resignation letters out of the E-Mail Drafts folder when I had the time to think about it a little, but...

Automation is the key to making a DBA's life liveable. 😀

majorbloodnock (10/31/2012)

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Well, we all do, but not usually explicitly. We most of us, I'm sure, think twice before buying a ticket from an airline that's just had a crash in...

Good point. I have never researched a train company or an airway before I got on to one in all the years I have travelled. 😛 Guess maybe i should...

majorbloodnock (10/31/2012)

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TravisDBA (10/31/2012)

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One of the best comments on trust I ever heard was this one:

"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the...

One of the best comments on trust I ever heard was this one:

"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and...

Well, I do believe in it, good or bad. I have seen it in action. Karma is a boomerang, it will smack you right in the back of the head...

Agreed, there ARE no guarantees in anything in life, besides death and taxes:-P It's mostly a roll of the dice anyway. The only thing you can do in the meantime,...

Agreed. Well said.:-D

Miles Neale (10/30/2012)

Travis,

I started in the business in 1972. I have never been fired. I have left a job or two and gone elsewhere but only by my...

Loner (11/26/2007)

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No one is indispensable especially in big company. It does not matter if you are the only one who know the system or you have the best skill...

I served in the United States Submarine Service and that is very true.:-D

Good article. The #5 internal qualities (besides technical skill set) I look for in DBA, Proactive is at the top of my list. 😀

1, Proactve. Does he/she sit around and...