Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting for January
Our next meeting will be
on Thursday, January 4, 2007, at 6:30 PM. It'll be at the Training Concepts
facility...
2006-12-29
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Brian Kelley
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Setting Goals for the New Year and Beyond
I've never been a big fan of "New Year's Resolutions" for the same reason most other folks are against them:...
2006-12-29
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How to handle an invalid default database
My general recommendation for SQL Server service accounts and accounts that have sysadmin fixed server role membership is to default...
2006-12-11
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Midlands PASS Chapter is official
A group of us met on Thursday, December 7th, 2006, and voted to approve the bylaws and a motion to...
2006-12-11
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Jason Haley recently began posting his interesting finds again
Jason Haley used to post his Interesting Finds about every day, if not multiple times a day. The interesting finds...
2006-12-09
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SysInternals Tools Updated
Several SysInternals Tools have been updated. One of the big updates was to the PSTools Suite - now you can pass...
2006-12-09
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Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools Available
If you're like me and rely a lot on the resource kit tools, you may have found that it's relatively...
2006-12-09
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Log Buffer #22: A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
Welcome to the 22nd edition of Log Buffer, a
weekly compendium of postings and news from database-related blogs across the...
2006-12-08
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Extreme Work
"The Productivity Pro" Laura Stack posted in her blog today about jobs where long hours are the norm:
'Extreme' jobs...
2006-12-05
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Guidance on Microsoft Certified Architect Submissions
For those considering the Microsoft Certified Architect program, some guidance on what to submit as documentation has been posted to...
2006-12-05
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Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
CMS server query & temp tables
I am annoyed. We have a CMS server that has hundreds of servers saved...
The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Problem Isn't Always Your...
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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