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Upgrade but Avoid v1.0 Features

published 355 days, 5 hours, 33 minutes ago posted by sasa 360 days, 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
Monday, August 10, 2009 2:33:32 PM GMT Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:53:42 PM GMT
August 5, 2009 · Posted in SQL Server  Holding off on the newest features sounds like a no brainer especially when the next SQL Server release seem a million years away and is BI focused. In the reality, I was partitioning tables the first night we upgraded to SQL Server 2005. I could not replace TEXT with VARCHAR(MAX) fast enough. Some DTS packages got hit with the shamwow and emerged in SSIS. All of these changes broke stuff. None of these were necessary. A straight upgrade of the engine would hav... (more)
category: Management | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: jasonmassie.com
tags: bugfix, DBA, SQL Server 2008, Upgrade
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DBA Compliments

published 354 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes ago posted by sasa 360 days, 7 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:21:32 PM GMT Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:59:51 PM GMT
“Wow, the application sure is smoking today.” “You know, Bob, I cannot remember the last time SQL was down. You sure are doing a good  job.” “Gee, is the log always that big or are you happy to see me?” Ha, every production DBA knows those compliments NEVER happen. We have a thankless job. No one ever notices until the database is down. Think I am kidding? When was the last time you told your Exchange buddy how solid the mail server has been? Well, I am tal... (more)
category: Community | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: jasonmassie.com
tags: automagic, DBA, Professional Development