Database Administrator
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What are the most 'destructive' words (line commands, sql queries, LOCs, etc) in a IT environment? [closed]
Recently I was reading this question and read some mistakes we all surely have committed at least once in our jobs, so I want to know your opinion about this.
By IT I mean networking, programming, ...
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Should database-models (conceptual or physical) be reviewed by DBAs?
Where I work, new applications that are being developed that will use their own relational database, must have their database-models (conceptual, then physical ) reviewed and aproved by DBAs.
Things ...
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Every SQL statement has to be reviewed by a DBA — common?
I mean everything, not just schema changes. Even a simple SELECT on a primary key can't go into production, even though it has been code-reviewed by other developers (in context), without a DBA review ...
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Where are all the DBAs?
For some reason I got thinking the other day about DBAs and what they do. This thread goes some way to answer this question, but then I looked up the leading jobs site in my area out of curiosity, and ...
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What do DBAs do?
Yes, I know they administrate databases.
I asked this question because I'd like to get a further insight into the kind of day-to-day duties a DBA might perform, and the real-world business problems ...
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SQL Server DBA - How to get a good one!
I'm a lone developer. I am currently developing an application which is seeing me get way way way out of my depth when it comes to SQL DBA'ing, and have come to realise that I should hire a DBA to ...
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How Can I Effectively Interview an Oracle Candidate?
First, I browsed through SO for matching questions and didn't find one, but please point me in the right direction if this exact question has already been asked.
I work with and around programmers of ...
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Software Developer Interview Question - Fair or Unfair [closed]
I just phone interviewed with a company for a graduate software developer position and was asked the following questions. I should add that the company concerned are not a database vendor.
How does ...
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Becoming an “Application DBA”?
I have to admit, until recently I did not know there was such a thing as a "System DBA" and "Application DBA."
Currently, I am an Application/System Admin for a large CMS. I would like to pursue a ...
