#PowershellBasics: Get input using Read-Host
Conditions are the life blood of programming. This condition is met so now I need to do this task. That ... Continue reading
2020-02-11 (first published: 2020-02-05)
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Kenneth Fisher
SQL Homework – February 2020 – Write a blog post.
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2020-02-07 (first published: 2020-02-03)
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CREATE TABLE MyTable (Col1 CHARACTER VARYING (50))
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2020-02-05 (first published: 2020-01-27)
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Changing the owner of a schema removes all direct permissions of objects owned by the schema.
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2020-01-31 (first published: 2020-01-22)
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Common commands and tasks to make dealing with Windows Core easier.
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2020-01-29 (first published: 2020-01-20)
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Insperation
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2020-01-29
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Permissions required for row counts to show up on Object Explorer Details
I ran into a rather obscure permissions problem the other day. Since I wasn’t able to figure it out on ... Continue reading
2020-01-23 (first published: 2020-01-16)
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My experiences with Imposter Syndrome: T-SQL Tuesday #122
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2020-01-21 (first published: 2020-01-14)
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Help! My restore has finished but the database still has a status of recovering.
I’ve been thinking about writing this for a bit and then a co-worker actually had this problem recently, so, well, ... Continue reading
2020-01-17 (first published: 2020-01-08)
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What is the program_name in sys.dm_exec_sessions?
If you’ve ever looked at the output for sys.dm_exec_sessions you may have noticed the column program_name. Frequently you’ll see entries ... Continue reading
2020-01-13 (first published: 2020-01-06)
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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