Last Time CheckDB was Run
Back in November 2012, I shared a story about checking the last known good checkdb in the boot page of a database. You can read that story here. This...
2013-01-17
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Blog Posts
Last Time CheckDB was Run
Back in November 2012, I shared a story about checking the last known good checkdb in the boot page of...
2013-01-17
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Leverage Policy Based Management for regular Page Verify =Checksum compliance monitoring
Page Verify = Checksum is one option which I like all my servers to be compliant. By default all the new...
2013-01-17
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MDX #24 – Leave out a dimension member using Except() Function
Functions such as NonEmpty(), Filter() and Exists() must use a numeric expression
Many of the MDX functions, such as NonEmpty(),...
2013-01-17
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New Years Aspirations – James Rowland-Jones – PASS
Thanks for agreeing to do this James; I know as you run your own company your time is billable!
Before we...
2013-01-17
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 Causes MsiInstaller Application Log Entries
After installing SP1 to SQL Server 2012 (11.0.3000) on one of our servers, I noticed higher than normal CPU loads due to...
2013-01-17
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SQLBits XI - My second most eagerly awaited event of 2013...
I bet you are half wondering what is the first? Well that would be the birth of my second child...
2013-01-17
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STATS_DATE() Doesn’t Indicate The Validity of Statistics
From time to time, you might have caught yourself in a conversation similar to the following:
Fred: Hey folks, we have...
2013-01-17
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The right terminology for the right audience
For those who has the privilege of being in the technology consulting industry for some time and started out in...
2013-01-17
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Using New Horizontal/Vertical Tab Groups
This isn’t really one of those features of SSMS that I’ve used a great deal. At least didn’t until recently....
2013-01-17 (first published: 2013-01-14)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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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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