Do you want me to tell you the truth or do you want me to tell you what you want to hear?
We live in a Dilbert age.
If you are a DBA and have worked in organizations of any size you are...
2013-09-28
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We live in a Dilbert age.
If you are a DBA and have worked in organizations of any size you are...
2013-09-28
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I don't know why, but I never "got" LinkedIn and I ended up leaving it in frustration as I was...
2013-09-21
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When I first heard of the MCM program termination discontent, I reacted by sympathizing with my fellow Database Professionals but...
2013-09-05
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I could tell you a story about Green Day's cover of John Lennon's classic "Working Class Hero" that you wouldn't...
2013-08-29
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2013-08-23
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I had a very unpleasant experience a while back when I was commenting anonymously on a web site (not SQL...
2013-08-06
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Back when I was trying to start a business and unknowingly heading towards a economic cliff, I read all sorts...
2013-07-10
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I was thinking back fondly of my Dad - who passed away during Hurricane Sandy - this past Father's Day. Of the...
2013-07-03
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Microsoft no longer supports SQL Server 2000 in any capacity.
http://youtu.be/A5cneCgNA9U
2013-04-10
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Sometimes the answer is to keep going.
Forget words, figuring things out, and circumstances. Just keep moving your feet.
~Chuck
"Nothing in the...
2013-04-09
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By Steve Jones
ecstatic shock – n. a surge of energy upon catching a glimpse from someone...
By Chris Yates
The New Arena of Leadership The role of the Chief Data Officer is no...
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Lessons from the Postmark-MCP Backdoor
Just saw the "Azure Extension for SQL Server" Does anyone has experience with it?...
I've noticed several instances of what looks like a recursive insert with the format:...
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 OFFI now run this code.
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog) GO INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (4, '2025-10-14', '2025-10-17') GOWhat is the value for TravelLogID for the row I inserted for CityID 4 and dates starting on 14 Oct 2025? See possible answers