Comments on: SQL SERVER – SQL Joke, SQL Humor, SQL Laugh – Silly Mistake http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/05/15/sql-server-sql-joke-sql-humor-sql-laugh-silly-mistake/ Notes of a SQL Server MVP and Database Administrator Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:54:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kearns http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/05/15/sql-server-sql-joke-sql-humor-sql-laugh-silly-mistake/#comment-38549 Kearns Tue, 20 May 2008 13:55:19 +0000 http://sqlauthority.wordpress.com/?p=604#comment-38549 I think, more importantly, this is a case that illustrates why not only backups are important but staging servers. I author and test all of my scripts on my development box before running them live (and still usually cringe when executing). Of course at a job, a long time ago, I did a "rm *.*" instead of the "rm a:*.*" that I was supposed to do and wiped a whole terminal, and the guy I had to tell, the head of corporate IT, was my Dad... I think, more importantly, this is a case that illustrates why not only backups are important but staging servers. I author and test all of my scripts on my development box before running them live (and still usually cringe when executing).

Of course at a job, a long time ago, I did a “rm *.*” instead of the “rm a:*.*” that I was supposed to do and wiped a whole terminal, and the guy I had to tell, the head of corporate IT, was my Dad…

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