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Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:31:24 +0000

[...] Are you a Database Administrator or a Database Developer? Three years ago I created a very small survey and the results which I have received are very interesting. The question was asking what is the profile of the visitor of that blog post and I noticed that DBA and Developers have balanced with little inclination towards Developers. Have you voted so far? If not, go ahead! [...]

By: shamsy

shamsy — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:52:36 +0000

it’s difficult to say that i am an administrator , because i really don’t like doing the backup or fixed problems of database i didn’t write its code ,, so i am a developer … but not a professional

By: Hardik Thakore

Hardik Thakore — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:14:50 +0000

I think Database Administrator can work as DBA and aslo as DBD, because he know about both creating procedure, triggers, indexes and also knows how to take backup and restore them. I current profile gives me the opportunity to develop the procedure, triggers and also of taking backup and maintaining databases.

Hardik Thakore

By: Nick.K

Nick.K — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:59:30 +0000

You need to be either a developer or a database administrator nothing in betwwen It is isolation of tasks that means that it is. Too often you may be called to develop and then deploy what you develop as most cases the dba is the gatekeeper and does all deployment and so breaks the rule. Dont try to convince me otherwise as there must be segregation of tasks. DBA developer is a recipe for disaster

By: Vijayakumar.P

Vijayakumar.P — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:28:57 +0000

I am a developer. i am finding to improve as DBA

By: Randi

Randi — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 07:22:59 +0000

Great topic. I find that having some DBA skills really help me as a developer. I look at chose I wrote before I started performance trouble shooting, and I can’t believe it is mine.

By: Nishad

Nishad — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:15:52 +0000

This is Great !!!!

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:28:05 +0000

I have done both database development(Unix and Windows platforms) and now administration for 14 years and and am a MCDBA of which involves server, network, database, application, installs, configuration, performance, troubleshooting, investigation, recomendations and any and all other possible senarios. It is then hard to define the fine line of developer or administrator but my role is defined as DBA specialist.

THX..

By: calin oprea

calin oprea — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:52:36 +0000

dba; given that I used to be on sysadmin side, it was a more (or less) natural flow

By: Bambang

Bambang — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:48:45 +0000

I agree with that… Database Specialist :D

But to choose between DBA or DBD, I choose DBD. In SQL Server administration things feel seemless, coz lotta
administration thing can be done easily.

Diffrent with Oracle guys, which sounds good to call himself DBA, coz there is lotta administration things come with complexity and effort.

The other way developing things in oracle is the same like developing vb/c#/java/web program to access db (oracle need oracle developer like sql server need visual studio or others).

Simply (just my 2 cent) :
SQL Server = DBD
Oracle = DBA

Thx

By: Uhai

Uhai — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:31:33 +0000

I am SQL Sever Database Administrator.

By: Manfred Sorg

Manfred Sorg — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:15:06 +0000

I call myself “Database Engineer” because I am not simply implementing what others told me to do …
Yet my job description simply sounds “Database Specialist”.

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Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:31:59 +0000

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By: Kuldip.Bhatt

Kuldip.Bhatt — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:58:13 +0000

I am doing only procedure,function and database design so i am developer.I have knowledge but we don’t have work like DBA.

By: Zafar Iqbal

Zafar Iqbal — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:06:28 +0000

I am doing the following tasks

1) Design and create database structure
2) Create stored procedures functions
3) Schema Comparision
5) Try to Optimize the Query

I am DBA Developer, because i am not doing any kind of administrative tasks in SQL Server

By: SQL SERVER – DBA or DBD? – Database Administrator or Database Developer Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:58:14 +0000

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By: David Greenberg

David Greenberg — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:20:25 +0000

Officially I’m a DBA but due to the fact that we are understaffed and also the fact that our databases and DB jobs have been set up well and run smoothly I therefore do a lot of DB developement.
Of course, as a DBA I prefer to do real DBA work.

By: James O.

James O. — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:58:47 +0000

SELECT ‘YES’ FROM tblQuestion WHERE HAT = ‘DBA’ OR HAT = ‘DEV’

results
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YES
YES

By: steve

steve — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:34:09 +0000

I am a DBA. I don’t do code. I come from a systems background. Don’t get me wrong, I can muddle my way through some intermediate SPs, functions, and triggers but I am more comfortable with keeping database systems available.

By: Kamran

Kamran — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:56:43 +0000

Database Developer.

By: brendan o'connor

brendan o'connor — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:21:01 +0000

I’m a DBA. I don’t come from a DEV background. I look at Databases from a systems point of view, how they perform, process improvement etc. I write code when I need to but often I recommend stuff to developers.
Also being a DBA is a slightly more pressured or at least unplanned (at least in my organisation) and I’ll be more likely to have to come in out of hours to repair things.

By: yrushka

yrushka — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:21:13 +0000

Good question Dave and there are a lot to be discussed here. I would certainly consider myself as a DBA and hired as a DBA. There are some tasks that distinguish clearly a DBA from a Developer. Stuff like backup/restore, data/log file management, performance monitor, security settings and maintenance tasks (index fragmentation, upd statistics, up usage) should be done only by a DBA. DB settings and server settings should never be done by a developer.

Of course the decision to create or drop an index should be discussed with DEV because they are the ones who know the queries than come in and out from application.
But the missing and unused indexes, should be monitored on a daily basis by the DBA. To make the long explanation short:

A developer digs into the database from a programmatic point of view and has a dipper knowledge of every object of the database and its functionality while a DBA controls and manages all the factors that affect the server hosting the database.

By: patibandla

patibandla — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:23:41 +0000

hi,

i am not wondered , i know one day every DBA will have to raise this question for himself. Medium level organizations don’t really employ dedicated DBAs. The programmers generally write procedures and queries. And the website admin who doesn’t really know anything about the sql development takes care of the Maintenance. I am a .NET dveloper , but i work mostly on sql coding , performance tuning and Index tuning , setting up the job schedules. so suggest me how should i consider myself

By: Atif Shehzad

Atif Shehzad — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:02:32 +0000

My job description fits to a Database Administrator. I just work with code to optimize the scripts or procedures used in application.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:48:25 +0000

Great question. I would say I am a Database Developer that must also perform Administrative tasks. My primary duties are to utilize the database to create solutions to problems. However, along with this comes the need to administer the database. However, the database administration is a side effect of the process in most of the cases.