> They do?! Oh dear, I'd better tell the DBAs about that. You mean the MS SQL DBA's? Cause generally that's what people in MS shops are going to be working wit

> They do?! Oh dear, I'd better tell the DBAs about that. You mean the MS SQL DBA's? Cause generally that's what people in MS shops are going to be working with, should they not be able to run tests on MS SQL and write SQL scripts locally to actually test on their environment and get results? Perhaps I do not understand what being a DBA actually entails, but I assumed that it would necessitate extensive experience with the actual database, up to and including running it yourself locally for development?