The Failed Job
I was looking into a failed job on a SQL Server 2008R2 instance. My first step was to check the...
2013-11-15 (first published: 2013-11-07)
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Wayne Sheffield
- Website: http://www.waynesheffield.com
T-SQL Tuesday #48 – My take on the cloud
So here it is, the second Tuesday of the month. This means that it is time for our favorite Tuesday...
2013-11-13
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Murder They Wrote
For those of you that know me, you know that I enjoy learning, and passing on what I have learned...
2013-11-06
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Retiring of the MCM Certifications, Part II
Image acquired from Twitter
In my recent blog post on “Retiring of the MCM Certifications”, there is a link to a...
2013-09-03
1,346 reads
Retiring of the MCM Certifications
The MCM is dead. Long live the MCM.
The small, exclusive club of SQL Server Microsoft Certified Masters is going to...
2013-08-31
4,246 reads
It’s the small things that count
Sometimes it’s the small things that count.
I just noticed two small enhancements to SQL Server 2014's BOL, and I can...
2013-08-14
1,523 reads
2013-07-22 (first published: 2009-04-30)
3,900 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #43 – Plan Operators
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday is hosted by Rob Farley (blog | twitter), who became a Microsoft Certified Master this past December (congrats!)....
2013-06-14 (first published: 2013-06-11)
2,160 reads
Loading XML Data into SQL Server (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to load data in an XML file into a table in SQL Server.
2013-05-31 (first published: 2011-01-03)
20,535 reads
Getting the lowdown on 18456 errors
If you can establish a connection to a SQL Server, but are having problems logging in to it, you will...
2013-04-30 (first published: 2013-04-18)
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
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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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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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