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RE: The New DBA - Making the leap from developer to DBA
(posted: 4/3/2004 2:01:36 PM)
I look forward to following your journey along your new given task. I myself am considering the leap to become a SQL-DBA after a similar 11 years of development on many platforms, including, SQL (2000, 7, 6.5), Oracle (7,8i), VB, ASP, etc.

RE: The New DBA - Making the leap from developer to DBA
(posted: 12/21/2004 12:27:36 PM)
From experience, the difference between a developer and a DBA is that the DBA has to follow the rules. There is no room for creativity in Dta base admin...cretivity usually comes back to haunt a DBA. :)