Upgrading your databases link
I got the link from Kirk about the couse: http://www.maxtrain.com/classes/classInfo.aspx?id=SQLADV .
2006-02-02
1,319 reads
Kathi Kellenberger
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Upgrading your databases to SQL Server 2005 class
I attended a two day class this week that was fantastic. It was taught by the author of the course material,...
2006-02-01
1,286 reads
What's new with SSIS?
With the release of SQL Server 2005, there have been many changes in the product, but probably none as dramatic as the changes to the ETL tool. Data Transformation Services has become SQL Server Integration Services, or SSIS. It has been completely redesigned with a whole new paradigm for developing data movements. Kathi Kellenberger brings us a short introduction to this new tool.
2006-01-31
20,893 reads
Pro SSIS is Here!
My box of books arrived today! For me, a first-time author (actually co-author), this is very surreal. I remember it was...
2006-01-25
1,324 reads
Cast vs Convert
Sometimes you must "convert" a column or variable from one data type to another. For example, if you want to...
2006-01-23
1,800 reads
2005-12-29
2,042 reads
Cute comic
My son ran across this comic and was sure I would enjoy it: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=153
2005-12-23
1,562 reads
Aggregate queries
Be sure to read my article on SQLServerCentral on building aggregate queries: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/kKellenberger/aggregatequeries.asp
2005-12-21
1,574 reads
2005-12-21
1,829 reads
Salary Survey
SQL Server Magazine has just published its annual salary survey. I don’t really recall how they did it in past...
2005-12-17
1,536 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...
Forums
How to use data pre-computed in previous ETL SSIS Nodes?
I'm building ETL packages in SSIS. My data comes from an OLE DB Source...
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