My thoughts on SQL Server on Linux
Well yesterday was a big day in the SQL Community, Microsoft announced that they will be developing a version of...
2016-03-08
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Blog Posts
No Joke, SQL Server on Linux
Yesterday Microsoft made the earth shattering news that a version of SQL Server with the “core relational database capabilities” will be...
2016-03-08
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Polishing The Silverware
A few weeks ago I met a couple of my business partners in a moderately upscale restaurant in the Washington,...
2016-03-08
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SQL Server Locks – Back to Basics
Prelude in SQL Minor
Back in late December of 2015, a challenge of sorts was issued by Tim Ford (twitter) to...
2016-03-08 (first published: 2016-03-01)
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SQL Server on Linux
When I started working with SQL Server many years ago, SQL Server on Linux was a regular April fool’s day...
2016-03-08
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SQL Server on Linux!
Looks outside: pigs are flying!
In an announcement yesterday, SQL Server will be made available on Linux. The private preview of...
2016-03-08
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Another Source of Knowledge
It started with a tweet from one the many members of the #sqlfamily who always has something meaningful to say,...
2016-03-07 (first published: 2016-03-01)
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Azure ML and R at This Week's BRSSUG/BRPBIUG
This Wednesday night, not only are we going to be showcasing the technology of the internet with an online presenter...
2016-03-07
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Columnstore Indexes – part 79 (“Loading Data into Non-Updatable Nonclustered Columnstore”)
Continuation from the previous 78 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
Update: In SQL Server 2016 the Nonclustered...
2016-03-07
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Curious case of SYS.MESSAGES
A strange error struck me last week, and this post is all about that. What you normally expect when you run SELECT * FROM sys.messages? The query will return a...
2016-03-07
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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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