Fame and Social Media
Reading this post about Alton Brown from Good Eats triggered me to think on the topic. It looks like initially...
2011-11-01
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Blog Posts
Fatal Error Emails This Morning…
So every morning I check my email on my phone. Normally, I don’t see any error emails from SQL Server...
2011-11-01
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Free Business Intelligence Workshop
If you are in and around Dallas next week drop by my FREE half-day Business Intelligence workshop. The details are...
2011-11-01
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Get Inspired – SQL Inspire 2011 New York
Coming up next week is the SQL Inspire 2011 event in New York City. It’s an event with a number...
2011-11-01
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Log file size after backup and restore
Quick summary of the post:
A restoration of a full database backup retains the log file size before restoration.
Now...
2011-11-01
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November Question: What is your favorite, and not so favorite hardware to run SQL Server on?
Selecting which hardware to run SQL Server on is often discussed among DBAs. So, for this month’s question, “What is...
2011-11-01
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Presenting on SQL Internals, Recovery Models, & Backups! OH MY Today
Today I’m presenting “SQL Internals, Recovery Model’s, and Backups. OH MY!”, for Pragmatic Works. I did this presentation once before...
2011-11-01
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Quick and Dirty Index Info
From time to time, somebody needs to find some information about the indexes in the database. As DBA’s, there are...
2011-11-01
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Quick and Dirty Index Info
From time to time, somebody needs to find some information about the indexes in the database. As DBA’s, there are a few tools at your disposal to look up...
2011-11-01
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SQL Server Release Services Blog and TechDays 2011- Places Worth Watching (Oh, & In Case You Missed it, SQL 2008 SP3 Was Already Released :)
Yes, SQL Server 2008 SP3 is out ...
TechDays 2011 SQL Server and Data Platform Track
2011-11-01
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
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 ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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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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