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Azure Synapse Case Study

Let’s introduce our customer and their product
Our client is working in telecommunications providing secure and reliable networks. They are an independent supplier of mobile, data and voice services in...

2022-06-29 (first published: )

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Power BI Datamarts

As mentioned in my previous blog about the Microsoft Build event announcements, the biggest news was Power BI Datamarts. This is a new self-service capability included with Power BI...

2022-06-29 (first published: )

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dbatools - Exceptions

Who doesn’t like a good red and verbose exception? At PowerShell community we often call it a “sea of red” which we found as something that can be intimidating....

2022-06-27 (first published: )

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Why your data still can’t answer a simple question 

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T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference

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Did You Really Name That Default?

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Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...

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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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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions

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Identity Defaults

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Question of the Day

Identity Defaults

What happens when I run this code?

CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
     id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
     somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO

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