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It is sort of strange that the DBA career does not really have a formal schooling foundation.
Most DBAs started doing something else and just transitioned into it because of...
June 28, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Jeff Moden (6/23/2011)
james.morrison 19355 (6/22/2011)
June 23, 2011 at 9:32 am
mike.mcquillan (6/22/2011)
June 22, 2011 at 3:58 pm
ALZDBA (6/22/2011)
I know people who practically know sqlserver very profound hands on, but haven't got any certs.
I also know people who are certified but don't have hands on experience at...
June 22, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Back in the 1999-2001 era there there a ton of "paper MCSE" certifications handed out. It really devalued certifications for everyone.
At this point, employers do not value certifications for someone...
June 22, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I think a lot of IT interviewers get caught up in the game of "how can I give them a gotcha questions".
I have observered some of my co-workers gloating about...
June 22, 2011 at 10:08 am
You could just dump the results of SP_WHO2 to a table in a DBA database.
Run that in a job schedule for a week or two. Then search for any...
June 20, 2011 at 11:30 am
Make the database read only and see if anyone complains. 🙂
Or take it offline completely and see if anyone notices.
Seriously, if you are really asking the question, it cannot be...
June 19, 2011 at 11:50 am
Here is a scenario where it makes sense.
We have multiple Silos with many facilities assigned to different Silos. When we created the Silo3 databases, we basically just copied the Silo2...
June 17, 2011 at 12:06 pm
latinmusic74 (6/9/2011)
How SQL developer got the experience from to became SQL developer?
I think you are asking, "How does a SQL developer get the experience to become a SQL developer?"
That is...
June 9, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Honestly, it is not a choice of one or the other. Most people in Business Intelligence have a strong background first in database development and administration. BI is not a...
June 9, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Four years? And you only restored a few databases? That doesn't sound like a DBA role to me.
Just about everywhere I have worked involved doing a few times per week...
June 9, 2011 at 8:10 am
I think having an MCM is certainly worth it. I would call it the equivalent of the CCIE for network engineers. It marks Cisco people as the best of the...
June 8, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Craig Farrell (6/1/2011)
:rolleyes: Interesting choice of words. Master, or have enough to get by with?
If you are referring to the MCM in terms of "Master" then that is...
June 1, 2011 at 2:32 pm
itpcpro (5/26/2011)
June 1, 2011 at 2:16 pm
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