I am in the UK where the title 'Administrator' means clerk or generally a low level job, so I never say I'm a database administrator unless I'm talking to someone...

manie (9/9/2016)

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ConnieOI (9/9/2016) If I slowed down and considered the other person, I would be able to get my point across in such a way that the other party feels...

BenWard (9/9/2016)

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Yea, I've found us DBAs to be a bit worse than other techies. I have a theory that may contribute as to why... Yes the knowledge that you're going...

David.Poole (9/8/2016)

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There's a scene in the beginning of Terry Pratchett's Unseen Academicals where Knut is asked if he thinks his superior is wrong. "Oh no sir, I am suggesting...

Excellent article!

When I started my current job, almost 6 years ago, the first thing I did was create a company calendar which has many of the columns you've listed...

I haven't ever used schemas before. In retrospect, the company-specific objects in a 3rd party application would have been better placed in a separate schema. I inherited the current setup,...

While I don't think a degree should be a prerequisite for an IT job, I do strongly agree that so many 'soft' skills are developed while working on a degree....

Iwas Bornready (1/19/2015)

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I go in spurts. Sometimes I just go and get a ton of things done. Then there are those periods when I will do anything other than what...

I always thought that I was just ignorant of whatever technologically advanced solution everyone else uses for debugging, with my use of PRINT statements, but it looks like I'm not...

Windowing functions are incredibly helpful and time-saving. Without the new functions, I would have had to use temporary tables or possibly cursor in some situations, but some things are so...

Wow -- that whole 2 weeks a year vacation thing is something that I do not miss about living in the USA! I'm American, but have lived in the UK...

I do like having the editorial at the top, since I read that before following any of the article links. However, I agree with lots of other commenters about the...

I wonder if anyone else has any more comments about this?

My manager has just mentioned that we need to decide if the SA should do the backups using BackupExec...

I'm not sure what c is, but I'm definitely at a. I'm very happy with my job, have opportunities for training and growth, a good boss and a reasonable commute...

My company is quite small, and we do not use any Change Management. We are part of the way there by requiring the requests for changes to be logged in...