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Posted by Mike C# on 10/02/08 11:51
Tell him you want a raise.
"Anns via SQLMonster.com" <u22580@uwe> wrote in message
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>I forgot to say, i think asking me and this other person who is NOT
>qualified
> to do this job, he is trying to cut cost, but won't he have to hire a dba
> in
> the end to maintain anyway?
>
>
> Anns wrote:
>>I need any one's advice/imput on this...PLEASE!
>>
>>My computer will now begin the process of taking all the MS Access (Native
>>Jet Engines - x30 total departmetns) and put the tbles/BE on SQL Server
>>2005
>>and the Ms Access FE on MS Sharepoint.
>>
>>This is the kicker, say 20 out of the 30 (ball park) was created by one
>>person and that is their whole job function was to create/maintain a QA
>>tracking system and more.
>>
>>The person who created the 20 out 30 only knows intermediate ms access and
>>some vba, but NOT sql or net conversions (visual studio - all the
>>different
>>languages), so the IT director asks me (I develop in MS Access and
>>intermediate in VBA and can create web sites using publisher, front page
>>and
>>HTML) he asks me and this other person if we want to take on the challenge
>>of
>>helping him and the other IT guy in the conversion process of all of these
>>db's.
>>
>>What does this do the developers who developed and still maintain these
>>current 30 ms access db's, well you guessed it, it now takes all that hard
>>work that those developers did and still do (they still add more forms,
>>updates) and it NOW takes the databases owners away from them and grant it
>>now to the person (s) who will maintain SQL Server 2005 ( I hope will be a
>>DBA)???
>>
>>Is this true, once all the databases are converted, the owners will no
>>longer
>>be able to go behind the scenes in tables, queries,etc.... It will now be
>>in
>>the hands of a DBA?
>>
>>You know the funny thing is the IT Director wasn't even sure if he was
>>going
>>to hire a DBA, who in the heck will maintain all of those db's on the
>>server?
>>There is only one other guy and he certainly does not have the training or
>>skills or TIME.
>>
>>MY POINT QUESTION IS:
>>when these conversion take place like this at a company, most of the time
>>the
>>ms access dbs that have now be put into sql will now take the ownership
>>away
>>from the owner (they cannot develop no more, unless they are sql
>>friendly/dba)
>>and put all of that into one persons hand (DBA) to maintain and
>>development???
>>???
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