Migrating from EverNote to Joplin
Recently I got a message that my Evernote subscription was going up. It’s been a $3 a month service, but moving to $4 for me. From USD$35 to USD$50...
2023-05-30
1,156 reads
Blog Posts
Pulling Azure Analysis Services logs from Azure Log Analytics into PowerBI using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
We have very large Analysis Services(SSAS) cubes with billions of records and hundreds of users so we need to be able to monitor the performance of queries. 95% of...
2023-05-29 (first published: 2023-05-17)
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Query Store – Useful Tool for DBAs
SQL Server is a robust and flexible database management system that offers a variety of features and capabilities to help organizations effectively manage their data. One of the key...
2023-05-29 (first published: 2023-05-18)
545 reads
A New Word: Looseleft
looseleft – the feeling of loss upon finishing a good book, sensing the weight of the back cover locking away the lives of characters you’ve gotten to know so...
2023-05-26
279 reads
Data Platform WIT and DEI Mental Health and Wellness Day: Managing Chronic Pain
Thank you to Data Platform WIT and DEI for hosting Mental Health and Wellness Day! I was honored to be included. To see the full lineup, please visit https://www.meetup.com/data-platform-dei/events/293091941/...
2023-05-26 (first published: 2023-05-05)
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Top Tools for SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting
When you've got the symptoms of a database issue you can run a series of diagnostic queries to try and drill down on the problem and then start figuring...
2023-05-26 (first published: 2023-05-16)
645 reads
Using ChatGPT for Writing
I have been experimenting more and more with ChatGPT on a regular basis. I’m interested and curious how this will help. I had a friend at one of the...
2023-05-26
30 reads
Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – Houston SQL Server User Group
I delivered a presentation for the Houston SQL Server User Group tonight, virtually from Colorado. I’d love to go down, but couldn’t do it today. The slides for the...
2023-05-25
21 reads
Denver Dev Days
I’m going to attend the Denver Dev Days 2023 in June. I submitted a few sessions and got two picked. I’ll be doing these talks: Blogging for the Tech...
2023-05-25
7 reads
Impact of TDE on Performance
Microsoft states that enabling TDE usually has a performance overhead of 2–4%. That doesn’t sound like very much, and personally I wouldn’t let it bother me if I want...
2023-05-24 (first published: 2023-05-10)
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey Part 2: Modern Era (2017 – 2026) – AI/Cloud First
By Vinay Thakur
Following up on my Part 1 baseline, the journey from 2017 onward changed how...
Google Moves Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline
By Brian Kelley
In cryptography, the RSA and ECC algorithms which we use primarily for asymmetric cryptography...
The Book of Redgate: No Politics
By Steve Jones
In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this...
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An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers