T-SQL Tuesday #48 – My take on the cloud
So here it is, the second Tuesday of the month. This means that it is time for our favorite Tuesday...
2013-11-13
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Blog Posts
Who’s on call
Every morning we have a daily meeting and my manager asks who’s on call. And every morning some form of...
2013-11-13
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Cargo Cult Data Professionals
Ever since David Moutray introduced me to the concept of cargo cult programming, it’s been running round and round in...
2013-11-12
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Cloud Nirvana
T-SQL Tuesday is a recurring blog party, that is started by Adam Machanic (Blog | @AdamMachanic). Each month a blog will host the party, and everyone that want’s to can write...
2013-11-12
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Cloud Nirvana
T-SQL Tuesday is a recurring blog party, that is started by Adam Machanic (Blog | @AdamMachanic). Each month a blog will host...
2013-11-12
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Index Fragmentation : Quick Tip
Fragmentation can cause issues for performance to the point of having queries not resolve at all. Your normally scheduled maintenance...
2013-11-12
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In-Memory OLTP and the Identity Column
Over the past month I've been playing around with the new In-Memory OLTP (code name: "Hekaton") features within SQL Server...
2013-11-12
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Loadbalancing SQLServer
Loadbalancing SQLServer is not something that comes straight out of the box. If you want to use load balancing you...
2013-11-12
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Lock Pages in Memory in SQL Server on VMware – Why or Why Not
Two weeks ago I presented my session entitled “Squeezing Top Performance from Your Virtualized SQL Server” at the SQL PASS...
2013-11-12 (first published: 2013-11-04)
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More Azure Goodies
Microsoft keeps sneaking little things under the door for Windows Azure SQL Database. This time it’s a couple of new...
2013-11-12 (first published: 2013-11-05)
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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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