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  • RE: Running as SysAdmin

    When i started all developers had sysadmin to run Profiler and to pull/store profiler results on a db the server..atleast those were the reasons given. Further reasoning...we will drop...

  • RE: When To Hire a DBA

    Where do you think those of us who are victims to this outsourcing stuff can go? When there is a clear separation of operational duties versus tuning and other more...

  • RE: When To Hire a DBA

    crainlee2 (4/29/2011)


    Steve,

    From my experience, a DBA is often not hired until a database server is "on fire". At that point, it doesn't have one problem, it has 50, and it...

  • RE: When To Hire a DBA

    Jaysen Courmac (4/28/2011)


    PhilM99 (4/28/2011)

    I haven't met many DBAs who are content with doing nothing but administration (though I know they're out there).

    Depends on how much 'administration'...am one of those...

  • RE: When To Hire a DBA

    Thank you, yes that makes sense. I guess also these things go in cycles...i worked for a small shop a while ago...it was fun in many ways but i got...

  • RE: When To Hire a DBA

    The days when projects need DB Review are long gone...would be nice if companies realized and kept data architects but a lot of them don't. in most places have developers...

  • RE: When To Hire a DBA

    I used to do a lot of development work alongside dba work before I got this job as production dba. Before I came here the dbas thought it below them...

  • RE: Remote DBA Services

    Joe Lax, former MVP who also used to run NYC PASS Chapter owned a company that did remote DBA service. I think it was called dbdirections.com. I think it is...

  • RE: Improving SQLServerCentral

    Got out of bed quite determined Steve's joke will not get me today...i fell pretty bad for it last time (PASS taken over by Microsoft). Great attempt, as long as...

  • RE: If you could stop working tomorrow, would you still do SQL?

    I would probably say if i stopped working tomorrow i'd still be interested in database technology and how it evolves. SQL Server per se...am not so sure..bcoz sql is a...

  • RE: If you could stop working tomorrow, would you still do SQL?

    I would step back a little and see why..SQL Server is a commercial product. If i were teaching Shakespeare or Music say, for a living,and someone asked me same question..probably...

  • RE: Data Loss or Downtime

    It depends strongly on business needs. I work in healthcare, we need systems up 24x7 and people's lives literally depend on them, so Kimberly's statement is a valid one for...

  • RE: MCJ - The Missing Link

    I have signed up for one of the sqlskills trainings for next year and look forward to it. I am doing it more for the knowledge and less for the...

  • RE: Calling Out Bad Advice

    In many cases I have seen misleading blog posts or replies have their origins in some paper or information published by MS itself and not cleared up later. I have...

  • RE: iPads for Christmas

    Let me start by saying am already able to work reasonably well remotely, with a company supplied laptop and a wireless aircard to use when necessary. Am also fortunate to...

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