Andy Warren

I started my SQL journey here at SQLServerCentral as one of the founders, helping to build a place to share and learn that continues to thrive under the editorial guidance of my friend Steve Jones. I've done a lot of volunteer work over the years ranging from our local SQL group (oPASS, SQLOrlando) to serving on the Board of Directors of PASS to designing and building the framework of SQLSaturday (which has gone on to produce more than 1000 locally managed events since we started in 2007). These days I manage a DBA team, but over the years I've been a trainer, consultant, contractor, and DBA. I'm rarely present on social media, the best way to contact me is here, LinkedIn, or via email.

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Naked Conversations

Sorry, I couldn't help not including 'Book Review' on the subject line, hopefully you're not too disappointed!
I just finished reading...

2008-09-07

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Vacations

If all has gone well I've been on vacation this week, enjoying the world class quartz sand at Siesta Key...

2008-09-04

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Labor Day

It's Labor Day here in the US today, a holiday that is tribute to those of us that work, the journey to...

2008-08-31

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Why your data still can’t answer a simple question 

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T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference

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I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...

Did You Really Name That Default?

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Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...

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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions

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Question of the Day

Identity Defaults

What happens when I run this code?

CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
     id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
     somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO

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