Corporate Staffers = Second Class Citizens?
Earlier today I read a blog post that compares consultants with corporate staff members. The author unashamedly compares consultants to...
2011-04-12
775 reads
Tim Mitchell
- Interests: SQL Server, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Architecture, Python, Dbt
- Website: https://www.TimMitchell.net
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The Winter 2011 Colorado SQL Tour
During my visit to Denver last September for SQL Saturday 52, I spent a while talking with Marc Beacom, who...
2011-02-21
958 reads
Colorado Speaking Tour
Next week, I’ll be making a swing through central Colorado on a working vacation of sorts. I met up with...
2011-02-11
532 reads
Presenting at SQL Rally
I received notification earlier this week that my session “ETL Head-To-Head: T-SQL vs. SSIS” was selected by community vote for...
2011-02-10
567 reads
MVP Award for 2011
I just received notification from the Microsoft MVP Award Program that I’ve received the MVP award for SQL Server for...
2011-01-01
748 reads
The Year of Change: 2010 In Review
Like clockwork, another year has come and (almost) gone. It’s been a wild year on many fronts: major happenings included...
2010-12-31
1,584 reads
Calling Out Bad Advice
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that asks how we should handle bad advice given on the Internet.
2010-12-22
544 reads
Presenting at PASS AppDev Virtual Chapter
Join me next Tuesday, December 14th at 11:00am CST as I present a webcast on behalf of the PASS AppDev...
2010-12-10
645 reads
SQL PASS 2010 Summit – Recap
The sessions are over, and the post-cons are done; the vendor parties are but a memory, and the #sqlkaraoke music...
2010-11-22
1,152 reads
Un-SQL Friday: Personal Branding – Don’t Bother
My friend Jen McCown of MidnightDBA fame issued a challenge last week called “Un-SQL Friday”. The inaugural topic is on...
2010-11-21
696 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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