Transactionally Consistent
What does this mean? I had someone ask me in a session recently, and I think I have a good...
2013-11-06
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Blog Posts
Adding a column to a table with a default (NULL vs NOT NULL)
There are lots of ways to learn new things, or be reminded of old things. One of my favorites is...
2013-11-05 (first published: 2013-10-30)
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Fast-Track Data Warehouse for Windows Azure
Microsoft has introduced an image into the Windows Azure Virtual Machine Gallery that is pre-optimized for a Fast Track Data...
2013-11-05
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Is There Interest in SQL Server Security Pre-Cons?
I’m very passionate about security, especially database security. As the numbers with regards to data breaches continue to climb, this...
2013-11-05 (first published: 2013-10-30)
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Murder They Wrote
I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop. This year has been...
2013-11-05
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Murder They Wrote
I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop. This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on...
2013-11-05
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T-SQL Tuesday #48– Cloud Atlas
Welcome to this month’s (November 2013) edition of T-SQL Tuesday. For those not familiar this is rotating blog party that...
2013-11-05
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T-SQL Tuesday #48– Cloud Atlas
Welcome to this month’s (November 2013) edition of T-SQL Tuesday. For those not familiar this is rotating blog party that was started by Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic | blog) back...
2013-11-05
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T-SQL Tuesday #48– Cloud Atlas
Welcome to this month’s (November 2013) edition of T-SQL Tuesday. For those not familiar this is rotating blog party that was started by Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic | blog) back...
2013-11-05
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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 million records. The file needs to be
split into...
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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