Back to basics: Transact-SQL programming fundamentals – (Part 2)
In the first of this three-part series, you will learned how to use scripts and batches, and basics of T-SQL...
2013-10-22
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Blog Posts
Children at Technical Conferences
I have had the pleasure of taking my son with me on a number of trips where I was a...
2013-10-22
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Monitoring Structure Changes
Most everyone I know works with environments that are carefully controlled and structured. All changes go through rigorous testing and...
2013-10-22 (first published: 2013-10-15)
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PASS Summit 2013
Adam and I attended PASS Summit for the first time this year in Charlotte, NC. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting new people. The following are a...
2013-10-22
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PASS Summit 2013
Adam and I attended PASS Summit for the first time this year in Charlotte, NC. We had a great time...
2013-10-22
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PASS Summit 2013
Adam and I attended PASS Summit for the first time this year in Charlotte, NC. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting new people. The following are a...
2013-10-22
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PASS Summit 2013 - Examples Package
I was asked by some attendees of my PASS 2013 Session, Unseen Minions : Improving parallel processing in SSIS, if I had any...
2013-10-22
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PASS Summit 2013-The Entire List of Posts
This year I went with numbers instead of “Monday” or “Day 1”. I think I like it better. Easier to...
2013-10-22
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Quick note: Redgate SQL Data Compare using the command line
I’ve been working on an automated data compare process for one client. I’ve been struggling a little with odd hangups...
2013-10-22
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Recording Audio of Meetings
As a consultant I am often starting from the ground floor on a new data warehouse/business intelligence project, and usually...
2013-10-22
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
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...
Forums
String_agg not working as needed
I'm trying to get this string_agg to put all the 'comments' into one result...
Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
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Question of the Day
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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