Using IIF in Reporting Services
I found an interesting use for the IIF function in a Reporting Services report this week. I needed to provide...
2007-03-10
1,712 reads
Kathi Kellenberger
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SQL Server Learning Opportunities!
There are two big SQL Server learning opportunities I want to remind you about. First, DevTeach/SQLTeach will be held in...
2007-03-09
1,797 reads
Technology: Where have all the women gone?
Longtime author Kathi Kellenberger brings us a guest editorial today on what is happening with women in the technology world.
2007-02-12
150 reads
Phone books and Indexes
On Wednesday I gave a presentation to the St. Louis Visual Basic.Net user group. I really enjoy speaking to this...
2006-12-22
1,390 reads
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER
We recently received a script for a modified stored proc from a vendor. My colleague ran the script on the...
2006-12-15
2,540 reads
The Moto Q and Being Proactive
I am a big fan of automating whatever I can and being proactive. The more proactive you can be, the...
2006-12-14
1,504 reads
Joining Tables Part 1
In this video for beginners you'll begin to learn how to write queries that use more than one table using T-SQL. Kathi walks you through common tactics to efficiently pull out data from a normalized system.
2006-12-11
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Inserting missing rows
I can think of three ways to insert just the missing rows from one table or query into another table. ...
2006-12-06
2,905 reads
Bad weather and Power Outage
After years of mild weather in the St. Louis area, this is the second time we have been hit hard...
2006-12-02
1,327 reads
Data Dude
I went to an abbreviated version of the Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals launch this morning. The...
2006-11-30
1,578 reads
Blogs
SQL Saturday Boston Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions today at SQL Saturday Boston 2025. I’ve...
Scaling SQL Server 2025 Vector Search with Load-Balanced Ollama Embeddings
SQL Server 2025 introduces native support for vector data types and external AI models....
Advice I Like: Fear and Imagination
By Steve Jones
Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not...
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How to use data pre-computed in previous ETL SSIS Nodes?
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Building AI Governance and Policies- First Steps
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Simple delete causes table scan on other tables with foreign key
Why is sql doing a full scan VS seeking on the index? I've included...
Question of the Day
Checking Identities
The DBCC CHECKIDENT command is used when working with identity values. I have a table with 10 rows in it that looks like this:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 2 2 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 3 3 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 4 4 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 5 5 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 6 6 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 7 7 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 8 8 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 9 9 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 10 10 2025-01-11 2025-01-16The docs for DBCC CHECKIDENT say this if I run with only the table parameter: "If the current identity value for a table is less than the maximum identity value stored in the identity column, it is reset using the maximum value in the identity column. " I run this code:
DELETE dbo.TravelLog WHERE TravelLogID >= 9
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog, RESEED)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-09-14', '2025-09-17')
GO
What is the identity value for the new row inserted by the insert statement above? See possible answers