SQL Server 2016 available June 1st!
Woo hoo! Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2016 will be generally available on June 1st. On that date all four...
2016-05-02
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2005 Modernization Checklist
As Bala Narasimhan from PernixData and I discussed in a webinar last week, SQL Server 2005 hit end of it’s...
2016-05-01
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Why you should think about upgrading to SQL Server 2016!
SQL Server 2005 is out of support and you might be (Or rather, you should be) planning an enterprise wide...
2016-05-01
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Why you should think about upgrading to SQL Server 2016!
SQL Server 2005 is out of support and you might be (Or rather, you should be) planning an enterprise wide upgrade of SQL Server. Are you thinking of upgrading...
2016-05-01
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3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Using Entity Framework
Entity Framework (EF) is Microsoft's object-relational-mapping tool (ORM) that allows programmers to easily map database objects to C# object models. What attracts developers to Entity Framework is the automatic...
2016-04-30
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Power BI Box and Whisker visualization vs. Box Plot chart in SSRS
[2016-Apr-30] I don't work with box plot charts very often, however when I do then it becomes a very interesting experience. First,...
2016-04-30
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KDiff3
As I write more code, especially database code, and I collaborate with others (or myself), I find that I have...
2016-04-29 (first published: 2016-04-18)
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SQL 2016 features: Stretch Database
Stretch database allows for a table to span an ‘earthed’ SQL Server instance and an Azure SQL Database. It allows...
2016-04-29 (first published: 2016-04-19)
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A New Look & A New Direction
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you...
2016-04-28
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April MVP – Chris Yates
The April MVP nomination is Chris Yates (B|T).
Chris is one of those individuals that always have a positive outlook on...
2016-04-28
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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...
Forums
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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