Comments on: You Have Hardly Touched Your Database https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:39:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/#comment-856 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:39:16 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2539#comment-856 In reply to David Hay.

not a bad thought, but there is much to a server OS that i don’t know and i wouldn’t want them to remove my remote access as a result!

]]> By: David Hay https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/#comment-855 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:57 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2539#comment-855 The second they walked away I’d start investigating how someone who has that little of a clue has access to the file system where my databases reside!

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/#comment-854 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:14:34 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2539#comment-854 In reply to Karen Lopez.

that is a very good way to approach most situations. the difficulty is getting the requester to understand that there are different ways of doing things, or getting things done, and that the obvious way may not be what they need. being able to separate wants from needs is a soft skill that many good DBA’s have in their possession.

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/#comment-853 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:12:15 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2539#comment-853 In reply to Mike Walsh.

good point, i’ll clean those up later today.

]]> By: Karen Lopez https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/#comment-852 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:50:25 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2539#comment-852 More proof that the first thing a good DBA should say when someone makes an ad hoc request:

“What is it that you are trying to accomplish”.

Works for every request ever invented. Often the request is not what the person wants, but their first attempt to assess HOW they want their request to be fulfilled.

]]> By: Mike Walsh https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/#comment-851 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:24:31 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2539#comment-851 Even that really old database with the mssqlsystemresource.mdf File?!? I mean those files haven’t changed in years!!

😉

NO don’t really delete those

]]> By: SQLDenis https://thomaslarock.com/2009/08/you-have-hardly-touched-your-database/#comment-850 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:39:06 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=2539#comment-850 Probably a good idea to rename the database first by pre or postfixing it with ‘deprecate’ and then wait a while to see if anyone comes screaming why the app stopped working

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