2008-10-17
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Articles
Row Count Transform - SQL School Video
Integration Services contains a tremendous number of ways to transform and work with data. MVP Brian Knight dives into the Row Count transform in this edition of SQL School. This shows how you can monitor the number of rows in a transform.
2008-10-16
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Scaling The Data Warehouse
Data warehouses aren't just exploding in size, they're also supporting more users and increasingly complex queries, all in shorter time frames. Here's how to make sure yours is ready to scale.
2008-10-16
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SQL Server consolidation: Why it's an optimization
SQL Server consolidation benefits are high availability and lower licensing costs. Here's what to expect for hardware needs, system monitoring and SQL licensing.
2008-10-16
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The Financial Crisis
With the economy slowing the the world facing a financial crisis, Steve Jones polls the man on the street this Friday.
2008-10-16
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The Financial Crisis
With the economy slowing the the world facing a financial crisis, Steve Jones polls the man on the street this Friday.
2008-10-16
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The Financial Crisis
With the economy slowing the the world facing a financial crisis, Steve Jones polls the man on the street this Friday.
2008-10-16
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Fixed Cost IT Management
One of the ways that some companies deal with the lack of a DBA is with remote DBA services or perhaps part time consulting. Robert Pearl brings us a short article explaining what these services can do for you.
2008-10-15
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PASS 2008 - August
The 2008 PASS Summit is in Seattle in November 2008. Come join SQLServerCentral.com and learn more about SQL Server.
2008-10-15 (first published: 2008-08-19)
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SQL Server 2008 SSMS Enhancements - Debugging Support
Continuing on with his series on SQL Server 2008, MVP Jacob Sebastian brings us a look at the debugger, which has returned in SQL Server 2008.
2008-10-15
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Question of the Day
The Maximum Value in the Identity Column
I have a table with this data:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 2 2 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 3 3 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 4 4 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 5 5 2025-01-01 2025-01-06I run this code:
SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('TravelLog')
I get the value 5 back. Now I do this:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog ON
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
TravelLogID,
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(25, 5, '2025-09-12', '2025-09-17')
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog OFF
I now run this code.
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-10-14', '2025-10-17')
GO
What is the value for TravelLogID for the row I inserted for CityID 4 and dates starting on 14 Oct 2025?
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