Throwback Thursday #1: SQL Inspire
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One of my hobbies is being a turntablist. In high school I took a job just so...
2013-11-14
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Blog Posts
Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this particular file there are around 2...
2013-11-14 (first published: 2013-11-05)
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VMware vCPU Ready Time Equivalent in Hyper-V
Jonathan Keyahias (b | t | l) from SQLskills has released a new blog post outlining the metric that Microsoft’s Hyper-V product...
2013-11-14
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Automated Permissions Auditing With Powershell and T-SQL: Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I presented a T-SQL query that will return a summary of login permissions within...
2013-11-13
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Can't We All Just Get Along?: Personal Development
This isn't a normal post. This one is directed to newer people, those who feel pushed around a bit at...
2013-11-13
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Create ETL solutions faster with metadata driven development – Session Materials
Last week was the 2013 edition of the SQL Server Days. It was an amazing event: there was a great...
2013-11-13
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Create ETL solutions faster with metadata driven development – Session Materials
Last week was the 2013 edition of the SQL Server Days. It was an amazing event: there was a great...
2013-11-13
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Moving your FTData files and FDLAUNCHERRORLOG in Clustered SQL Server 2008
Scenario: I have given a new storage by SAN team to move my database files and logs from old drive...
2013-11-13
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Potential Backup Software Issues with Read-Only Databases in FULL Recovery
If you decide to park a database in read-only mode for a long period of time, go ahead and alter...
2013-11-13 (first published: 2013-11-05)
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Powershell in a month – Day 1
I got started on Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month of Lunches at lunch one day. Working at home...
2013-11-13
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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