The TempDB in SQL Server
Every SQL Server instance has a shared database named TempDB. It is a database where temporary objects are stored and...
2016-03-24
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Blog Posts
A journey to a movie recommender in U-SQL
I haven’t gotten to involved in the whole “Big Data” movement to much, I’ve kept an arms length watch and...
2016-03-23 (first published: 2016-03-20)
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Data loading into Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) is a new platform-as-a service (PaaS) that distributes workloads across multiple compute resources, called massively parallel processing (MPP)....
2016-03-23
603 reads
I’m presenting for the Pass Security Virtual Chapter!
Tomorrow (3/24/2016) at noon CT I’ll be presenting my SQL Server Security Basics session for the Pass Security Virtual Chapter....
2016-03-23
468 reads
Last Day to Submit Your Letter of Interest for the 2016 PASS Nominating Committee
I submitted my letter just a few minutes ago. It’s a template, doesn’t take more than 5 minutes to fill out and...
2016-03-23
481 reads
SQL Server Podcasts
Great news, I have decided to do some podcasts on the fundamentals of SQL Server, my aim is to help...
2016-03-23
391 reads
Color Themes for Power BI
Color coordination is important in report and dashboard design. We’ve seen theming and color pallet options in the prior iteration...
2016-03-22
1,156 reads
ETL Logging
If you were to poll data professionals on which tasks they enjoy working on the most, ETL logging would probably...
2016-03-22 (first published: 2016-03-14)
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Columnstore Indexes – part 80 (“Local Aggregation”)
Continuation from the previous 79 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
Given the number under-the-hood performance & manageability improvements...
2016-03-21
548 reads
Columnstore Indexes – part 81 (“Adding Columnstore Index to InMemory Tables”)
Continuation from the previous 80 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
Microsoft is doing an amazing job with...
2016-03-21
511 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
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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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