SQL Server – How to connect to SQL Server when ‘sa’ account is disabled
If you have lost the password for sa account or does not have any administrative account and you are locked...
2013-07-03 (first published: 2013-07-01)
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Blog Posts
SQL Server: Part 4 : All About SQL Server Statistics : Auto Update Statistics Threshold - Importance of Manual statistics maintenance
In the last post, we have discussed about the auto create and auto update property of the statistics. Do we really need to do manual statistics maintenance to keep...
2013-07-03
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First steps with Extreme Transaction Processing – Hekaton
(Be sure to checkout the SQLpassion Online Academy, where you get High-Quality SQL Server Trainings with Instant Access!)
A few hours...
2013-07-02 (first published: 2013-06-25)
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Notes from the 2013 American Association of Woodturners Symposium
This was my first time attending the AAW Symposium, hosted by the American Association of Woodturners. Here are some quick...
2013-07-02
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PowerSQL – SQL Instance Configuration & Installation Information by Reading Registry Keys
Today I got a chance to retrieve configuration information of sql server 2005 instances. PowerShell provide a facility to read...
2013-07-02
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SQL Database connectivity|| SharePoint Configuration || Named Pipes Error In MOSS 2007
Hello Friends,
MOSS2007 is still live and sometime we need to check certain features and that can give learning too. Recently...
2013-07-02
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SQL in the City London 2013
Wow!
You’d think that an event might get a little worn by the third time you’re doing it. That maybe it...
2013-07-02
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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – June 2013 update
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has a new update:
VS 2010: June 2013 version: 10.3.30618.1, December 2012 version: 10.3.21208.0, November 2012 version:...
2013-07-02
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SQL Server Pro Article: Custom Programming to Enhance SSRS Reports
I’m very excited to see my first feature article published in SQL Server Pro Magazine titled Custom Programming to Enhance...
2013-07-02
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SQL Server: Part 3 : All About SQL Server Statistics :Who Create and Manage the Statistics ? Role of Statistics in Performance Tuning
In the last posts, we have discussed about the histogram ,density vector and how SQL server use the statistics information in cardinality estimation. In this post let us discuss about how the...
2013-07-02
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey Part 2: Modern Era (2017 – 2026) – AI/Cloud First
By Vinay Thakur
Following up on my Part 1 baseline, the journey from 2017 onward changed how...
Google Moves Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline
By Brian Kelley
In cryptography, the RSA and ECC algorithms which we use primarily for asymmetric cryptography...
The Book of Redgate: No Politics
By Steve Jones
In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this...
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An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers