While this approach to electronic communications may be excusable for most folks (I personally try to keep up with at least those I regularly communicate with), management has a greater...

One thing no level of AI can ever beat -- micro-management (i.e., lack of trust). This can be, and often is, a DBA's worst nightmare, and must be rooted out...

I absolutely change the model DB when setting up a new SQL instance. The most grievous problem I find on instances set up by obviously "reluctant" non-DBAs is with file...