Heraflux is Hiring
I’m proud to announce my company, Heraflux Technologies, is looking to fill the position for Vice President of Business Development....
2015-04-17
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Blog Posts
On Failure: On Being a Screw-Up
“He’s a screw-up. Always trying things that don’t work.”
I’ll be honest: I used to be afraid of being the person...
2015-04-17 (first published: 2015-04-09)
5,688 reads
On Software and OS Lifecycle Management
An Important Rule:
If you’re trying to convince someone to your viewpoint, insulting them generally doesn’t work. If it does anything,...
2015-04-17
300 reads
Overview of the data visualization books by Stephen Few
I recently finished the book Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis by Stephen Few of Perceptual...
2015-04-17 (first published: 2015-04-07)
7,374 reads
SQLSaturday#380 NYC Event Update - Pre-cons Announced!
Welcome to SQLSaturday #380 - Precons Announced!
In addition to the extraordinary extravaganza SQLSaturday NYC event we have planned for Saturday, May...
2015-04-17 (first published: 2015-02-11)
6,023 reads
Windows Phone – What Should Microsoft Do?
I’ve been intrigued by Windows Phone as a platform. I’ve never owned one, and while I considered getting one, the...
2015-04-17
835 reads
2015 Program Committee
Last year, I was very much honored to be selected to deliver a pre-con with my friend brother Chris Shaw (B|T). I...
2015-04-16
412 reads
Adding, altering or removing multiple columns from a table
I was recently asked to do some fairly heavy modifications to a table. It involved adding 6 new columns, removing...
2015-04-16
1,006 reads
Automated Restore Script Output for Ola Hallengren’s Maintenance Solution
Intro
This blog post is designed to be useful to two different audiences:
Those implementing Ola Hallengren’s Maintenance Solution for the first timeThose...
2015-04-16
6,023 reads
Azure SQL Database v12 and SQL Magazine
I spend many of my evenings researching and writing. Sometimes it’s writing new books. Sometimes it’s fixing and rewriting old...
2015-04-16
681 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
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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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