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		<title>Share the Love, Dumbass!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can now post your own entries to this blog. Think of it like a FAIL blog, but dedicated to the SQLDumbass people out there. This includes you, Microsoft. Enjoy and have fun, and don&#8217;t make it personal (or offensive) or you will find yourself banned. ewe9lomxv7.jpg (54 KB) &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2011/09/share-the-love-dumbass/</link>
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		<title>You Need More Booze</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SQLDumbass: I hate Oracle, Java, and Macintosh. Does this make me a bad person? -Gramps Dear Gramps: How old are you? Most people your age love things like Oracle and Java and can even remember when Apple had a majority share of the home PC market. So why all the hate? What does it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/11/you-need-more-booze/</link>
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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. [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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.]]></description>
		<link>http://sqldumbass.com/2010/03/ask-a-sqldumbass/</link>
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