She Taught Me to Code–A Tribute to Sheila, My Wife
A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. A couple of years ago, I started a series about individuals...
2015-01-12
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Blog Posts
SQL Cruise Caribbean Is Coming Soon
Want to get out of the winter blues and into some warmer weather for some deep SQL Server training? Join...
2015-01-12
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The big disconnect with Connect
A couple of years ago I blogged about a bug on the Data Collector that I couldn’t resolve but with an...
2015-01-12 (first published: 2015-01-07)
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T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND() for Test Data
T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND()
SQL Server includes the T-SQL RAND() function to create a random value between 0 and 1...
2015-01-12
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2014 Year In Review
As is our want, we must look back over the past year to see what happened. While I normally focus...
2015-01-11
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A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
I have dedicated much more time to reading in the past 6 weeks (Since the beginning of December 2014), and...
2015-01-11
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In-Memory OLTP Part 2 : Memory-Optimized tables
In part 1 of the In-memory OLTP articles we gave you an introduction into In-memory OLTP, showing what the requirements...
2015-01-11
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Friday Followup For January 9, 2015
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2015-01-09
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How to resolve connection errors when loading data in SSAS Tabular project
This post actually applies to both multidimensional (cube) projects and Tabular projects which manage data source connectivity in a similar...
2015-01-09
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I Am Grateful For
A while back I wrote about saying “Thank you” to people. Last night I was listening to NPR on my...
2015-01-09
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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...
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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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