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		<title>Get Used To Disappointments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: I&#8217;ve noticed that there seems to be quite a few people changing jobs these days. Is the economy getting better? At what point can I expect a new job to fall into my lap like everyone else? -Obamaster
Dear Obamaster: For those people that hustle the answer is yes, things are getting better. Nothing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/07/get-used-to-disappointments/</link>
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		<title>Testing Is a Lot Like Rehab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: Why do all of our developers here hate testing their code before deploying to production? It is as if they have an aversion to ensuring a level of quality for their work. &#8211; MasterTester
Dear MasterTester: Most developers don&#8217;t care about quality, they only care about completing the task they were assigned and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/05/testing-is-a-lot-like-rehab/</link>
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		<title>DBAs Are From Mars, Developers Are From Uranus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: We have a vendor that insists we allow their shrink database job to run nightly. They are claiming that it is &#8220;standard&#8221; to have this type of job run frequently as part of any &#8220;sound maintenance plan&#8221;. How can I politely tell them that they are wrong? &#8211; Wang Chung
Dear Mark: Politeness won&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/04/dbas-are-from-mars-developers-are-from-uranus/</link>
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		<title>63 Billion Rows of Tablescans = Justified Stabbing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: What should I do if an analyst asks he needs to run 20 instances of an app that does tablescans 19 times against a table with 3.2 billion rows? Should I jump off a cliff for wondering what I did wrong to even meet a dumbass like this or stab him and give [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/04/63-billion-rows-of-tablescans-justified-stabbing/</link>
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		<title>When 1,024 Columns Are Not Enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: I took a dba job at a shop where they just keep adding columns to the tables, when I tell them that we have to fix the architecture, they say they can&#8217;t spend the time to fix the database as the new request are so much more important.  What should I do? &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/03/when-1024-columns-are-not-enough/</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Not Worthy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: I just passed exam 70-431, where can I get a job as a DBA? -Fred
Dear Fred: Oh, you&#8217;ve passed an exam? I&#8217;m sure the job offers will come rolling in, just be patient. After all, why should years of experience matter anymore? Just look at K-Fed for a great example of how well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/03/youre-not-worthy/</link>
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		<title>You Won&#8217;t Get Shanked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: I wrote a blog post slamming MS Access, and now I feel kinda bad. Should I be concerned that I will get shanked by a developer at the next office party? -B from Chicago
Dear B: I wouldn&#8217;t worry about slamming anyone with regards to MS Access. Anyone that cares about using Access is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/03/ask-a-sqldumbass-2/</link>
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		<title>Ask a SQLDumbass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to ask a SQLDumbass question? Or submit a question to SQLDumbass? Well, now is your chance. There is a new page that you can use to submit your inquiries:
Ask a SQLDumbass
Fill out the form with your question and a future post will (probably) have a response. Eventually.
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		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/03/ask-a-sqldumbass/</link>
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		<title>More Vendor Brilliance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vendors never cease to amaze me. I know they could not possibly be as obtuse as they come across, but their communication skills and documentation needs so work. For example, consider this gem:
Have your SQL Server Administrator create a database named &#8216;[name_withheld_to_protect_the_dumbass]&#8216; with their desired options. The database collation must be SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1_CI_AS or SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1_CS_AS. 
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/02/more-vendor-brilliance/</link>
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		<title>T-Log, Truncate, and You&#8217;re A Dumbass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have seen the &#8216;transaction log is full&#8217; message so many times that I am just numb to it. Others do not share the same joy as I do, and thus they may be enamored with the error message when they see it, as if it was a new puppy. Combine this adoration with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/01/t-log-truncate-and-youre-a-dumbass/</link>
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