Cumulative Update – 11 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 Is Now Available !
The 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available. Cumulative Update 11 contains all...
2013-05-22
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Blog Posts
Database index design and optimization: Some guidelines
Well-designed indexes are an important part of database optimization because they are the key factor in achieving optimal query performance and response...
2013-05-22
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Designing and Implementing Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Architecture (Part 1)
The well-designed online analytical processing (OLAP) solution is fundamental to organizations analysis capabilities. That is why, when designing the OLAP...
2013-05-22
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Do you check to see if an SSIS package has been modified?
Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I are putting together a presentation on protecting the entire ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline, specifically...
2013-05-22
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Holy Schnikes I’m Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
I am beyond excited to announce that I have been accepted to speak at the annual SQL PASS Summit 2013...
2013-05-22
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I’m Not Presenting at PASS Summit 2013
Last week I got the news that none of the four sessions I submitted for this year were accepted. Disappointing...
2013-05-22
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I'm thinking of hosting a series of webinars on SQL Server security
With the PASS Summit sessions announced, I took a quick look to see how many were what I'd consider security-centric....
2013-05-22
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Index Analysis May Update
Seems I managed to make it through all of April without an update to the index analysis stored procedure. It...
2013-05-22
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Object Qualification
I came across an interesting issue recently with NHibernate, now it is widely known I despise ORM’s, in my experience...
2013-05-22 (first published: 2013-05-15)
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On how to Googlify your SQL statements for future searching
For sake of future generations, let’s begin to reduce typing and reuse code we’ve built. I think we can all...
2013-05-22
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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