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Newbie Questions
Over the years (2 years, actually), I have seen many posts where the asker introduces himself/herself as a newbie. Some questions are blantantly easily, others more profound.
In either case, here is ...
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What image does our new theme need for the captcha page?
What image does our new theme need for the captcha page?
Pretty simple.
Be creative people!
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Notifications about new answers or comments doesn't work
Today (one hour ago) I posted a question: History from SQL Agent Jobs (SQL Server 2005)
All notifications about new answer(s)/comments were accessible only when I checked my question on the Database ...
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Badge for elected Moderators
I think an elected Moderator should have a badge for getting elected.
That way past moderators will be esteemed for their contribution.
Come to think of it - if there are badges for ...
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2013 Moderator Election Results
Database Administrators' third moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
He'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank him for ...
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2013 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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Visited links in our meta are almost invisible
Quick, spot the link in this paragraph:
I understand that meta is supposed to be muted, but I think the brown for visited links is at least a shade too dark. Surely now that I've told you there's a ...
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Should there be a tag for classroom help?
I get the feeling that a good number of questions on the site from new or middling users relate to classroom assignments, and never get a good answer, because all the answers deal with real world and ...
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2013 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic ...
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Some badge pages truncate users' badges
Certain badge pages only allow a maximum width for a username + badges, and since we have some users who choose to use ridiculously long and impossible to spell usernames, this causes truncation of ...
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did I not provide a possible answer?
While admittedly so basic I nearly didn't post it, isn't this a legitmate answer to the asker's question?
Oracle UPDATE single record with multiple WHERE conditions
Just want to make sure I'm ...
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Please can we have markdown tables on dba.se
Several sites have MathJax enabled, so there is obviously some room for site-specific markdown.
Therefore please can we have markdown tables here on dba.se? There is an open feature-request for this ...
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Moderator Election Page comments overflow on Mobile version
I know that the Moderator Election pages do not have a mobile version by design but when viewing the DBA.SE election page the comments overflow beyond the column for each nominee which does not happen ...
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Active participation during election
So, I've done it; I've nominated myself for dba.SE moderator.
Unfortunately, I am shipping off to Alaska for SQL Cruise starting May 24th, and from what I understand the election runs through May ...
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2013 Community Moderator Election
The 2013 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three ...
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Tag Cleanup - Vote for the following proposed tag changes
There are several proposed tags changes lingering about here on meta. I thought I'd capture them all here, each one as a separate answer, and let people vote on them.
Awaiting Review
make ...
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Should I ask here about an academic paper on indexing?
I'm researching bitmap indexes for an MSc assignment.
A good early paper on the topic is "Bit Transposed Files" by Wong et al, published in 1985.
I find the paper's description of Composite Encoding ...
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Are “Help me with this query” questions on topic?
Are "Help me with this query" questions on topic here or are they 'too localized'?
I have a table, with indexes but the explain seems to indicate that the indexes are not used and I'd like some ...
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Synonyms and Redundant Tags
Post synonyms and redundant tags here (one tag set per answer) for us to ponder and potentially edit out of existence.
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Network Databases - 2
I fail to see why my previous question was closed. I merely asked whether or not there were any free/open source network (IDMS-type) databases, with the implication that, if there were, an indication ...
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Migrate SO questions here and close as duplicate or close at SO?
How to permanently delete a row in oracle forever
This question prior to being migrated to dba.se already had a comment that it was previously answered on dba.se, with a link. However, the close ...
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Should database theory questions be posted here, in cstheory or in cs?
As per title, it doesn't seem to be clear.
As an aside, maybe for similar situations you should add a feature to allow to add a link to the question on the questions pane of the closely related ...
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Can we change the comment-flag system on The Heap chatroom?
Yesterday (April 1st, April Fools Day notwithstanding) we had some high-ranking members of DBA.SE banned from chat by moderators/10k users from other sites that did not take an appropriate amount of ...
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Adding tag for connection-string
Is there a reason for this tag to be missing?
Am I wrong to assume that connection strings are on-topic here?
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Can We / Should We Strongly Encourage Users to Specify RDBMS on the “Ask” page?
More than most other sites, the majority of our questions require a specific piece of information:
What RDBMS and what version is the asker using?
If it's possible, would it be a benefit to add ...
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Is this the place to ask Memcached performance questions?
I'm attempting to diagnose an issue with my Memcached performance, however there is no tag for "memcache"! Is there a better stackexchange than dba.stackexchange.com to ask my memcache questions?
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How do we define a question as being “too basic”? Where do we draw the line?
It has been suggested that we close 'true beginner questions' as off-topic on this site.
Where do we draw the line? For example, should this question be closed (I've voted to close it as off-topic, ...
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Should there be a data-modeling tag?
I looked at the tags, and noticed that there is no tag for data modeling.
Before I try to add one, (assuming that I can) I'd like to find out whether the community has already thought about such a ...
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Canonical Answers
After discovering the pot of gold that is ServerFault's What are the canonical answers we've discovered over the years?, I'm inclined to think dba.se could do with the same.
If agreeable to ...
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Are questions about implementation details of a database on topic?
Specific question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15468735/overview-of-how-mongodb-uses-its-various-threads
In short, the OP is asking about what MongoDB uses it's threads for ...
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Migration makes tags orphaned references
A question, "How to Model Inheritance of Two Tables MYSQL" was migrated to this forum from Stackoverflow. Unfortunately, my answer to that question contained references to three tags that do not ...
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What about Business Intelligence?
I was wondering if Business Intelligence has its lace on this website ?
In Business Intelligence we can see 3/4 domain that are parts of Database Expert :
ETL
Datawarehousing
Data Modeling
...
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How do I include tables with Ascii art lines in my answer?
Some answers on the site like this one and this one include tables drawn with ascii art. Is this done by hand or is there a tool I can use to help me?
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Are questions about “no-SQL” databases OK?
Is it appropriate to ask questions about things like Redis (a data-structure server)?
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Should 'trivia' questions be off-topic
There is nothing in the FAQ or here on meta that specifically says these questions cannot be asked, and I think some other sites like SO tolerate them to a degree, but perhaps the expert focus here ...
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when should the “SQL” tag be used?
It looks like the SQL tag is used incorrectly for some questions.
Should it only be used when the question is really about SQL? Or is it OK to ask it for a question like:
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Sometimes, an answer is just plain wrong. What to do?
Why "Begin Transaction" before "Insert Query" locks the entire table?
The question above contains outright, no two ways about it, plain old factually incorrect answers. I've ...
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Blogoverflow blog anyone? If you want to help with the DBA.SE blog, here's the signup list?
Blog Overflow blog anyone? If you want to help with the DBA.SE blog, here's the signup list!
What is Blog Overflow?
Why, to put it very simply, it's the StackExchange Community Blogging Site. In ...
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Is MS Access on-topic?
I thought about asking a question regarding triggers in MS Access but wasn't sure if that belonged here or not.
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Skip “There are no items for you to review” page
The Review page lists multiple review categories and the number of entries awaiting review. Selecting any category shows all the reviewable entries in the category and then displays a page with the ...
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how can I get an answer to a part of a question?
There is a question, that is solved by the author itself, but there remains a follow-up question, that cannot be asked on its own without reading the whole question.
how can I restart that question?
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Chat and the SE toolbar
I quite often spend plenty of time in chat without ever navigating back to DBA.se.
Is there any way of making the Stack Exchange toolbar (as it appears on DBA.se) appear at the top of the chat page ...
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Whether we should be CAP COPs
A certain user has suggested a boatload of edits recently. The changes have been either largely or completely revolving around the upper-casing of Transact-SQL keywords. For example, a post that ...
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UPSERT synonym for MERGE?
I created a tag upsert (7x) today and wrote a somewhat useful (I hope) tag wiki.
Later I found that there is already a tag merge (15x, no wiki). Would you consider the two synonymous? I can't mark ...
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DBA.SE Xmas caption competition - 'tis the season to be jolly
DBA.SE Christmas caption competition
In the spirit of the festive season, hats and all such matters, we proudly present the DBA.SE caption competition.
The rules are simple: Answer this meta ...
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It's the 14th of January. I still see sleighs
It's the 14th of January. I still see sleighs when people depart from chat.
Christmas is over. When is it due to stop?
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Regarding the author's right to edit his own question
How do I add minutes to a time data type?
This question has spontaneously devolved into an edit war. The author feels slighted. Here is his "closing volley" and then my ruling as a moderator ...
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StackOverflow still has a lot of DBA questions
I am on SO a bit, and about ten times a day I see questions that are purely DBA questions. I flag them every time, but it doesn't seem to be getting better.
What is causing this and what can we do, ...
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Connection reset when posting a question [closed]
I'm unable to post a question on the main site, when I click the "Post your question" I get a "Connection reset by peer" error if I try with Firefox and a custom error about "Host not available" from ...
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Does My Answer Sound Like Product Endorsement?
I just posted an answer to a physical data security question : How to properly secure MySQL database?
As I stated in the question, I normally don't endorse products. Since I posted an answer based on ...
