SQL: Different ways to generate sequence
There was a question from the op regarding adding a new column to a query output by generating the cyclic...
2017-02-09 (first published: 2017-02-06)
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Blog Posts
How many times the T-SQL inside the CTE is executed?
Introduction
Common Table Expression (CTE) has become very popular these days. However, many users of CTE still have a myth that...
2017-02-08 (first published: 2011-12-15)
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How the SQL Agent Job schedule_uid broke my heart, and my jobs!
This is something that has caused me some grief in my life as a DBA. I hesitate to call it...
2017-02-08 (first published: 2017-02-03)
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IoT Hub vs. Event Hub
There can sometimes be confusion, in IoT scenarios, between IoT Hub and Event Hub, as they can both be valid...
2017-02-08
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Let NonAdmins Get Logins
I saw a question recently about how to allow some users to see the logins on a server without being...
2017-02-08
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Speaking at SQLSaturday Chicago – 600!
Speaking at SQLSaturday Chicago!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Chicago on March 11th 2017! And wow, 600 SQLSaturdays! This one won’t let you down....
2017-02-08
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Speaking at SQLSaturday Chicago – 600!
Speaking at SQLSaturday Chicago!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Chicago on March 11th 2017! And wow,...
2017-02-08
309 reads
TugaIT – Pre-conference workshop on PowerShell on Linux
Where – Thursday, May 18, 2017 Where – TUGA IT – Lisbon, Portugal
Full Day Session – “Open Source PowerShell on Linux – Skills to Manage Your Heterogenous Data Center“ ...
2017-02-08
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TugaIT – Pre-conference workshop on PowerShell on Linux
Where – Thursday, May 18, 2017
Where – TUGA IT – Lisbon, Portugal
Full Day Session – “Open Source PowerShell on Linux – Skills to Manage Your...
2017-02-08
455 reads
Where is that Preemptive Wait coming from? Database Ownership and Performance: a journey through SQL Server internals with XEvents, Windbg and Wireshark
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In this article I will bring together several techniques for troubleshooting a performance- and security-related “phenomenon” I recently noticed when...
2017-02-08 (first published: 2017-02-02)
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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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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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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