SQL Server 2014 – A new and exciting journey !!! “Into the cloud”
Today Microsoft announced their next major version of SQLServer, SQL Server 2014 at Tech-Ed NA 2013.
This version of SQLServer is indeed a reflection...
2013-06-03
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Book Review – Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step” by Ed Wilson;O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Today I will talk about a book titled ” Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step” by Ed Wilson;O’Reilly Media, Inc.
When I...
2013-05-23
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SQLSaturday Redmond(SQLSat212) – A quick recap !
That was indeed a great day at Redmond. I had a great time talking to some of the best SQLServer minds...
2013-05-20
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SQLSaturday Redmond(SQLSat212) is almost here…Will you be there?
This is my first SQLSaturday and I’m super excited to attend this event.
SQLSaturday’s are always a great opportunity to learn something exciting,...
2013-05-16
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The Activity Monitor is unable to execute queries against the server !
I’m generally not a great fan of Activity Monitor which is built in with SSMS,however today I wanted to check...
2013-05-02
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Linked Server created using a script is missing Product name and Data source fields !
Today I will discuss about an issue which was observed while creating a linked server via script.
The existing linked server was scripted...
2013-04-19
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SQLServer Log Shipping Work File ! What is this all about ?
A short and sweet post for a gorgeous morning -
Have you seen a file with extension .wrk in the log shipping copy folder...
2013-03-29
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CU3 for SQL2012 SP1 – Couple of interesting hotfixes.
Here comes CU 3 (Build 11.0.3349.0.) for SQLServer 2012 SP1. You can download the same from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2812412
Similar to CU2 there...
2013-03-21
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Apply CU2 for SQL2012 SP1 – Fix for Windows Installer starting repeatedly and causing CPU spikes !
CU2 for SQLServer 2012 SP1 is one key update which you should review and deploy if found necessary. I have...
2013-03-19 (first published: 2013-03-15)
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Adding a Linked Server with ‘Oracle Provider for OLE DB’ as the provider – Proceed with caution !
Adding a linked server is an easy task which can be done at any point of time. I was under...
2013-03-13
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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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