If something seems to be illegal there are ways to report it anonymously. Anonymity keeps you safe while keeping you from being party to something you find morally or legally...

At my last position we were still implementing 2005. No one wanted to take the time to look at 2008 yet.

Ross McMicken (9/1/2009)

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PostXript (9/1/2009)

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I totally agree, this was a few years back. In my current environment it's no longer possible for me to make these kind of mistakes.

Ross McMicken (9/1/2009)

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PostXript...

The hard part is finding someone who is willing to teach. Too often I have found people who would make good mentors are somewhat paranoid about letting any arcane knowledge...

"Windows I/O and scheduling could be tuned specifically for SQL Server, or just incorporated into the SQL Server platform."

I'm afraid if you incorporated these into SQL Server you would quickly...

george sibbald (8/24/2009)

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problem I see here is overnight support. What if you need to perform an auditable function whilst on-call to resolve an issue? Two DBAs will need to be...

I'm glad this topic came up - it reminded me to copy some recent photos from my computer to my mini-HD device.

Ben Moorhouse (8/21/2009)

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I'm thinking I need to do some kind of off-site stuff, but it will just be things like photos and written data (the stuff which can't just be...

One thing I've learned over my long career is to try to keep up with "the latest thing" but don't put all your money on it. I remember when everyone...

majorbloodnock (8/19/2009)

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The comments already made are indeed the logistical issues Steve mentioned in the article. However, in principle I think it's a great idea. How many times have we thought,...

Definitely. However, I don't know that a few days is enough time, except for a very few specific functional operations. Many times it takes a couple of weeks to learn...

I favor having a separate, reduced form-factor DB for the non-DBA to try out new things, leaving the implementation of the changes to the DBA once the initial kinks have...

My last two jobs were due to a friend telling me about a job opening. It hasn't worked so much in this buyer's market, but I still think it is...

kramaswamy (8/14/2009)

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Actually, you're right - I was wrong in what I wrote earlier.

When you have "IF NOT @i = 0", that evaluates into "IF NOT (UNKNOWN)", which results in FALSE.

IF...

kramaswamy (8/13/2009)

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i think you just misinterpreted the answers. when he says "i is null", he means that the result of "If @i is null" evaluates to true, and so he's...