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  • RE: Logins, Users, and Roles - Getting Started

    Good overview!

    Now about that "free" product Microsoft calls "Enterprise" Manager or EM. It stinks. Especially as your users on a server increase and the number of servers you...

  • RE: SQL Server VS. Oracle

    We are a large IT shop with both SQL and Oracle. Back in 1998, Oracle came and visited. The CIO was in the room. The Oracle sales...

  • RE: Certification Should Be Required

    What event would require certification or bonding for all IT employees? Like what would have to happen to get a law passed? This might be the question for...

  • RE: TOP N Rows

    It depends which EM you have. If you have SQL 2000 EM you can change it (even on a SQL 7 server) as Steve states. Otherwise if all...

  • RE: Death of the Production DBA

    Beware of what you wish for!

    Seriously, I think people of experience and talent can work almost anywhere.

    So did you have anything to do with getting SQL PASS set up in...

  • RE: Death of the Production DBA

    I liked Steve and Nigel's comments.

    My perspective is based on being from one of those >500 database environments. I am a production DBA. We are closely allied with...

  • RE: Wireless PDA Support

    My provider for wireless web is goamerica.net

    I just downloaded a new version and I get better results. I was able to do a "test post" in the "Service Packs"...

  • RE: How many users can be added to a database?

    I am curious to see what Steve finds.

    Do you have other options? Are you using SQL or NT logins? If you are using NT logins then groups are...

  • RE: Comapring table and other things

    Steve,

    Thanks. I have a perplexing code page conversion project that this product may help us on.

    The red-gate product I would use supports SQL 7 & 2000. They have...

  • RE: SQL Server 2000 Service packs + Hotfixes

    SP2 for SQL 2000 is in beta. Once it goes public you can download it and get a list of "fix" things. From past experience with SQL SP's...

  • RE: Worst Practices - Assigning Users Rights

    People come and go so I agree that groups assigned to roles is the best way to go. I wonder what happens when you are on Active Directory native...

  • RE: DBA Job Description: What type of DBA are you?

    I would like to see PASS take a stab at the staffing level issue. Once you define DBA then please provide some guidance on how many an organization should...

  • RE: What are certification benefits???

    We prefer certified people when possible. If you compete outside of your organization for work, then qualifications do matter. We have had a number of applications tell us they...

  • RE: DBA Job Description: What type of DBA are you?

    My production team does all the tasks you mention for production. We also work with, but do not have the primary responsibility for, all the tasks you mention on...

  • RE: Wireless PDA Support

    Yes no cookies. I can log into other Sites though, so I wonder how they do it? I will have to ask my web-headed friends.

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