Default Database Reports – Disk Usage by Table
Every now and again you need to know how big a table is. Or several tables. Or all of the...
2017-08-03 (first published: 2017-07-19)
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Kenneth Fisher
Default Instance Reports – Configuration Changes History
Hey, who changed the max memory setting for the xyz instance? The good news is that this information is captured...
2017-08-02 (first published: 2017-07-17)
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SQL Homework – August 2017 – Create a table
If you didn’t see it last month I’ve started doing monthly SQL Homework. The first month was backups, this month...
2017-08-02
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DBA Dice
I’ve always thought it would be fun to have a DBA themed magic 8-ball. Now you may not be aware...
2017-07-31
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Default reports in SSMS
As DBAs our stock in trade is information and there is certainly an impressive amount available. The diagnostic views are...
2017-07-27 (first published: 2017-07-13)
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SQL Crossword #1
Today we start a new puzzle series, with a crossword puzzle from MVP Kenneth Fisher.
2017-07-26
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Default SQL Agent Reports – Top Jobs
Looking at what a job has been doing is important. Particularly if something is going wrong. Now there are several...
2017-07-24
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What is the system_health extended events session?
Similar to the default trace the system_health session is automatically started up when the instance starts and collects information about...
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-05)
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Save and save often
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and as I’m sure you remember that means it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday!...
2017-07-11
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SQL Crossword : T-SQL Keywords : June 2017
I did a SQL crossword last month (not my first one either) and it was pretty popular so I asked...
2017-07-07 (first published: 2017-06-28)
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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