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    High Power Shooter drift_g35's Avatar
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    Default Any one here a Database Admin?

    Just seeing if anyone here is a DBA. I'm trying to become one and don't really know what the next step should be.
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    What steps have you taken so far?

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    Basic query stuff. I work with it everyday. I can do some advanced stuff but not much. I'd like to know more advanced query stuff and actual admin stuff. The class I was taking was MySQL based an I use SQL Server. SO outside of query language not much crosses over.
    My EDC: Handcuffs, Bandana, and Ball Gag.

    If I'm ever at a party and the cops come to arrest people. Ill blindfold myself, throw the ball gag in, handcuff my hands, and hide in a closet. Police never arrest hostages!

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    I run and configure db2 in enterprise configurations. High ingest stuff, 30MB/s is the slow stuff. Ar_ART is a dba... Most of the stuff out there for our line of work is schema configuration and related to tablespaces. . I recommend understanding the whole picture to make yourself more marketable. IE, understand the HW, Memory, Disk drives. Always stay up to date on HDD's, RAID arrays and their levels. It's always a changing world and will make your head spin. You gotta be able to do the basics though first. Make sure you can script your queries...
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    Quote Originally Posted by drift_g35 View Post
    Just seeing if anyone here is a DBA. I'm trying to become one and don't really know what the next step should be.
    Are you Indian? Based on my experience that is the first step.
    What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree and to obey?
    -- Ayn Rand, Anthem (Chapter 11)

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    If you want to learn SQL server, it may worth taking a class. You can also pursue MS certification. Likewise for Oracle.

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    No sir. Colorado born... If you want to get technical, i'm German. Are there any good online resources for training?
    My EDC: Handcuffs, Bandana, and Ball Gag.

    If I'm ever at a party and the cops come to arrest people. Ill blindfold myself, throw the ball gag in, handcuff my hands, and hide in a closet. Police never arrest hostages!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Holger Danske View Post
    If you want to learn SQL server, it may worth taking a class. You can also pursue MS certification. Likewise for Oracle.
    Do you have any suggestions where to take a class. I'm all for that but I work 80hrs a week so I dont have time to GO to class. I have been searching all over for online training that isnt $3000. And non of the community colleges have a SQL Server specific class.
    My EDC: Handcuffs, Bandana, and Ball Gag.

    If I'm ever at a party and the cops come to arrest people. Ill blindfold myself, throw the ball gag in, handcuff my hands, and hide in a closet. Police never arrest hostages!

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    Quote Originally Posted by asmotao View Post
    Are you Indian? Based on my experience that is the first step.
    So wrong, but so true!

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    Quote Originally Posted by asmotao View Post
    Are you Indian? Based on my experience that is the first step.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ed_S View Post
    So wrong, but so true!
    HA!

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