I Hope Someone Brings Back Game Night
A few years ago at the Summit, Andy Warren and I set up a Game night. We convinced the organizers to give us a room for a few hours...
2022-10-28
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Blog Posts
Memphis SQL Saturday 2022 & a Notebook
Back in person again! It is awesome to be able to get back into the SQL community and see fellow data professionals. A huge shout out to the Memphis...
2022-10-28 (first published: 2022-10-18)
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What’s next: New beginnings!
I’m both excited and frankly relieved to say that I’ve found a new position. Starting Wed Nov 2nd I’ll be ... Continue reading
2022-10-28
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Adding AD group perms to SQL Server
Why doesn’t SQL Server automatically check for the Group –> Object type when you are adding perms via SSMS? This hangs me up almost every time. I think “omg...
2022-10-27
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Daily Coping 27 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to write down three specific things that have gone well recently. Easy, as a lot of things have gone well. I’m going with some travel...
2022-10-27
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Long time, no posts
I was working on two publisher contracts at the same time. I highly recommend never doing that. One is done, though, and it’s officially published as of September 2022....
2022-10-27
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Snowflake – Search Optimisation Service
Rarely do I say I love a feature across any technologies I have come across, in the snowflake world this is right up there. I tend to find this...
2022-10-27
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250th Blog Post
Kristyna and I were working through some updates to our site and realize that this was going to be our 250th blog post on Data on Wheels. I thought...
2022-10-26
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Daily Coping 26 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to recognize that you have a choice in what to prioritize A good one for me, especially as I’m a little stressed and overloaded with...
2022-10-26
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Monitor Cardinality Feedback in SQL Server 2022
It’s possible for you to see new technology at work if you use Extended Events to monitor cardinality feedback. To put it simply, cardinality, the number of rows being...
2022-10-26 (first published: 2022-10-17)
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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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