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It looks like a setup, what do I do
It started by my editing a question and adding a tag dolphin-db. The owners/staff tracked me down on linked in and now keep asking me to approve things. They have just asked to approve their tag-...
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Add the "Copy button for code blocks” feature on DBA
Stack Exchange has finally introduced a new copy button on SO (example), and we can request to have it available on other SE sites:
We can also enable this feature on other tech sites that use code ...
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When Ads refresh they move the page around
I'm using Chrome. When viewing a page, the ads between the sections, and the ads on the borders change size when they refresh. This also moves the other items on the page around, vertically and ...
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To be a bot or not to be a bot
Very interesting.
I have complained about checked not being a bot.
This site is using bots.
Does it occur to anyone, that this may be offensive?
Ok, maybe it occurs to the human contributors, that ...
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Recommendation Letter from DBA StackExchange
Don't know if this forum is the best place to ask, but right now I can't think of any other.
Currently I am in United States and working as a database administrator. I have family members here, who ...
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Table not rendered after saving
Table rendering looks differently before and after saving a question.
Before:
After:
Looks like a bug.
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Why was our main site read-only on April 10th, 2025?
On April 10th, 2025, from roughly 00:49:30 UTC until 11:10:15 UTC, Database Administrators was in read-only mode. What happened? Was this due to the migration to GCP?
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Aaron Bertrand vanished?
Not to infringe on anybody's privacy, but it's hard to overlook this glaring void. Aaron Bertrand has been prominently visible across the site as one of the leading SQL-Server experts. Recently, it ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of ...
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Should I ask a question about "how" DAX works in here, or over at Stack-Overflow?
I'm currently learning DAX, and I have an issue regarding the syntax of a function being applied on a filtered table. I think the root question/answer I'm looking at lies in how DAX works, and why ...
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When editing a post should one edit the title to a "proper" question?
I recently edited a post among some minor grammar/format issues and removing fluff I changed the title from
Cannot do a backup of a read_only database
to
Why does the read_only mode fail my ...
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Is it possible to reopen an automatically closed question?
I'm talking about this particular one - https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/161869/cant-start-sybase-server
TA!!
P.S>: I solved it, but don't remember how as I don't have access to that system ...
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what to do when we find an answer that is not helpful for anyone?
Sometimes I find answers that are not helpful to anyone, but they stay there, hanging around,
I would like to flag them for a moderator to delete them.
I wonder as we have voting for closing questions,...
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how to blur up sensitive information on questions or answers?
as it was just recently the case on this question of mine - I want to show the result of a query, but I cannot show server names and other specific properties that would potentially cause harm.
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Question with a clear error message and an easy fix that was closed as "too localized", likely "not relevant to most of our audience". Reopen or Move?
Could this question How do I avoid error "Request to run job refused because the job is already running" if no job is shown as "running" when I start a chosen step? be reopened or ...