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Charles saved my life last year. I had just been promoted to systems administrator, but given no access to any systems. Like, no access to the IIS server, and n
by chris_wot 10y ago
Charles saved my life last year. I had just been promoted to systems administrator, but given no access to any systems. Like, no access to the IIS server, and no access to the SQL Server instance!
That didn't stop them from expecting me to diagnose what was wrong with their custom app. When I noticed that I also could submit test data to a test store in the app on my iPhone (it was an exclusively mobile only app) I ran the app through Charles and discovered that the app was spitting back a SQL Server error - that the disk was full.
48 hours later and the so called database gurus in South Africa had fixed the issue. I would be prevented Dom gaining access to these critical systems throughout my time at that company.