When defining the attribute, we always specify the surrogate key as the key column for any attribute. I was just thinking if we could make use of the natural key instead of the surrogate key. i.e., in case of a product attribute, the surrogate key say...
2009-04-23
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This article examines the File System Task which can perform numerous operations on files and directories such as create, move, delete, and also to set the attributes of files and folders.
2009-04-23
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Continuing with his series on how to centrally monitor your SQL Servers, Drew Salem looks at how to set up remote servers.
2009-04-22
6,315 reads
We have a named SQL instance and I am able to connect to the instance, but when I try to view the SSIS packages stored in the MSDB database I get an error. This does not happen with our default instances. Is there an additional setting that must be changed to get this to work?
2009-04-22
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The interface is crucial for getting data in and out of a system. Steve Jones talks a little about past interfaces and possible future ones.
2009-04-22
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The interface is crucial for getting data in and out of a system. Steve Jones talks a little about past interfaces and possible future ones.
2009-04-22
667 reads
The interface is crucial for getting data in and out of a system. Steve Jones talks a little about past interfaces and possible future ones.
2009-04-22
887 reads
Describes how SQL Server 2005 Data Mining allows aggregation directly at the algorithm level. Although this restricts what the third-party algorithm developer can support in terms of language and data types, it frees the developer from having to implement data handling, parsing, meta data management, session, and rowset production code on top of the core data mining algorithm implementation.
2009-04-22
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I read SQLBatman's post about his first week as an MVP , and it really resonated well with me. I think that he really hit it when he said that he wasn't going to sit around, he was going to go look for information and take things back from the...
2009-04-22
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SQL School expands its replication series with a look at how you can set up a subscriber with MVP Andy Warren.
2009-04-21
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By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
By Steve Jones
I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try...
I've got a table with 186,703,969 rows, about 300GB of data. There are several...
I created a SQL Database in Azure Portal but I've just noticed it also...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers