Comments on: Are DBAs Losing Power? http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/ SQL Server MCM and MVP, performance tuning, consulting, training, and community building. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lian van den Heever http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-22823 Lian van den Heever Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:23:41 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-22823 Brent, I agree with the comments made in this article. We as dbas merely have to accept any system that is placed in our care and we get the blame for it , quite literally we feel it in our pockets . Brent,
I agree with the comments made in this article. We as dbas merely have to accept any system that is placed in our care and we get the blame for it , quite literally we feel it in our pockets .

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10047 Brent Ozar Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:45:48 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10047 Hugo - agreed, but the number of people working in an environment with true segregation of duties is pretty low. Do you have SA rights on your own server? If so, you have the ability to turn off database auditing, and you yourself are violating segregation of duties. Do you have access to delete to your own database server's backup files? You're violating it there too. Hugo – agreed, but the number of people working in an environment with true segregation of duties is pretty low. Do you have SA rights on your own server? If so, you have the ability to turn off database auditing, and you yourself are violating segregation of duties. Do you have access to delete to your own database server’s backup files? You’re violating it there too.

]]> By: Hugo Shebbeare http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10046 Hugo Shebbeare Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:45:03 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10046 Just remind them of the Segregation of Duties, We can simply remind Developers that complying with the Rule of Law isn't really an option (many state it is overhead), especially if running a controlled environment for a public or govt. organisation: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/hugo/archive/2009/02/15/the-importance-of-the-segregation-of-duties-with-respect-to-internal-controls.aspx Just remind them of the Segregation of Duties, We can simply remind Developers that complying with the Rule of Law isn’t really an option (many state it is overhead), especially if running a controlled environment for a public or govt. organisation: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/hugo/archive/2009/02/15/the-importance-of-the-segregation-of-duties-with-respect-to-internal-controls.aspx

]]> By: G D Milner http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10043 G D Milner Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:36:03 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10043 Your absolutely right, Brent. And if I'd thought about it, I'd have realized it before that last post. Still, perhaps I could use "The Guv" to punish them later for their past transgressions? :-D Cheers. G Your absolutely right, Brent. And if I’d thought about it, I’d have realized it before that last post. Still, perhaps I could use “The Guv” to punish them later for their past transgressions?

:-D

Cheers.
G

]]> By: Brent Ozar http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10040 Brent Ozar Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:40:11 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10040 G. D. - got some bad news for you. The new BI stuff is hooked up to Analysis Services, not the database engine, so your Resource Governor is powerless. G. D. – got some bad news for you. The new BI stuff is hooked up to Analysis Services, not the database engine, so your Resource Governor is powerless.

]]> By: G D Milner http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10039 G D Milner Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:30:30 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10039 2 words for those pesky Excel (and MS Access) users and their million row queries and Cartesian products: Resource Governor. Mwahahaha, Mwhahahha, Mhwahahaha! 2 words for those pesky Excel (and MS Access) users and their million row queries and Cartesian products:

Resource Governor.

Mwahahaha, Mwhahahha, Mhwahahaha!

]]> By: Peter http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10014 Peter Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:43:33 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10014 Just when i got the hang of SQL Server, now I need to go take some Oracle classes... I want that 100k baby ;) Just when i got the hang of SQL Server, now I need to go take some Oracle classes… I want that 100k baby ;)

]]> By: Dugi http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10006 Dugi Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:14:56 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10006 More Results about more job titles: http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=SQL+DBA&l1=&q2=Oracle+DBA&l2=&q3=SQL+Developer&l3=&q4=Oracle+Developer&l4=&q5=MySQL+DBA&l5=&q6=MySQL+Developer&l6=&q7=C%23+Developer&l7=&q8=VB.Net+Developer&l8=&q9=LINQ+Developer&l9=&q10=Application+Developer&l10=&q11=Application+Architect&l11=&q12=Database+Architect&l12=&tm=1 More Results about more job titles:
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]]> By: Dugi http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-10005 Dugi Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:37:55 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-10005 Yea, many things goes for the big changes, but interesting info from this site: http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=SQL+DBA&l1=&q2=Oracle+DBA&l2=&q3=SQL+Developer&l3=&q4=Oracle+Developer&l4=&q5=MySQL+DBA&l5=&q6=MySQL+Developer&l6=&q7=C%23+Developer&l7=&q8=VB.Net+Developer&l8=&q9=LINQ+Developer&l9=&tm=1 You can add any job title to compare and to see what are the results about them, include any job title and post the link here... Yea, many things goes for the big changes, but interesting info from this site:

http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=SQL+DBA&l1=&q2=Oracle+DBA&l2=&q3=SQL+Developer&l3=&q4=Oracle+Developer&l4=&q5=MySQL+DBA&l5=&q6=MySQL+Developer&l6=&q7=C%23+Developer&l7=&q8=VB.Net+Developer&l8=&q9=LINQ+Developer&l9=&tm=1

You can add any job title to compare and to see what are the results about them, include any job title and post the link here…

]]> By: Jason MAssie http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/08/are-dbas-losing-power/#comment-9998 Jason MAssie Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:32:40 +0000 http://www.brentozar.com/?p=4541#comment-9998 I am still mad they won't let me run the SQL service as a domain admin any more. WTF is that all about! ;) I am still mad they won’t let me run the SQL service as a domain admin any more. WTF is that all about! ;)

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