Star Schema Merchandising Available
Those of you who follow me on social media (twitter | LinkedIn | mastadon) or who read my blog here, might be familiar with my catchphrase “STAR SCHEMA ALL...
2023-04-06
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Blog Posts
EightKB Topics
Hello all, I’ve been speaking to various people about EightKB and there does seem to be a misunderstanding out there about the topics of submissions that we are looking...
2023-04-05
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New Job -> Week 1 -> What Tools Do You Need?
I changed to a new job and started it this week. Before I started, I thought of all the things I thought I would want to do when I...
2023-04-05 (first published: 2023-03-17)
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SQL Server Quickie #45 – SQL Server Availability Groups
Today I have uploaded SQL Server Quickie #45 to YouTube. This time I’m talking about SQL Server Availability Groups.
2023-04-05 (first published: 2023-03-21)
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WIT Women Speakers Survey
There is a survey from the WIT group for female speakers. If you are a woman and speak in front of groups, or used to, please fill it out....
2023-04-05
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-27-2023 & MegaCON
Zach's 1st MegaCon 2011 Hello Dear Reader! This past week is a blur. It was a tough week at work. That sentence is an understatement, but its really all I...
2023-04-04
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Data Ceili 2023 – Schedule and Registration
Today we have announced the schedule for Data Céilí 2023 and have opened registration! We have two days of great sessions for you, the 8th of June will have...
2023-04-03
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Goal Progress for March 2023
The grade for March is also D. Details below, but just not making a lot of progress in these areas. In fact, I find myself not motivated to work...
2023-04-03
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Is Cataloging Your Data Important?
Data continues to be the lifeline for companies across the globe. As maturity levels continue to grow across companies, one aspect that sometimes needs to be checked is cataloging...
2023-04-03 (first published: 2023-03-20)
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KQL Series – some DevOps things: Provisioning using Powershell
If you have read any of my last few posts on provisioning Azure Data Explorer then you will probably be wondering….. Will he write about Powershell? Ok, I will....
2023-04-03 (first published: 2023-03-20)
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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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I created a SQL Database in Azure Portal but I've just noticed it also...
An Unusual Identity
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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