Strong Manager or Weak Manager?
Here’s the link to my editorial on SSC last week. I was pleasantly surprised by the discussion, and was interested...
2011-08-30
1,720 reads
Blog Posts
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
I’ve finished my 3rd book as part of my year long commitment to read and review professional/personal development books. I...
2011-08-30
763 reads
TRUNCATE_ONLY is not a recognized BACKUP option
Executing the code below in SQL Server 2008 will throw an error message:
BACKUP LOG ‘MyDatabase’ WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
Msg 155, Level 15,...
2011-08-30
9,112 reads
T-SQL Enhancements: FIRST_VALUE() and LAST_VALUE()
A couple a weeks ago I blogged about a few of the enhancements in the OVER clause, and now I...
2011-08-30
4,630 reads
Using PowerShell to Monitor SQL Server
By Ian Treasure
Over the past few years, I have used a number of approaches to monitor SQL Server. For example,...
2011-08-30
7,309 reads
Applied SQL: Server Side Traces
It’s time to get your server side trace on, with a little practical application!
I introduce this whole concept in Applied...
2011-08-29
765 reads
Code Camp New Zealand 2011
I was unable to go to TechEd this year but I did get a chance to hit up Code Camp. It...
2011-08-29
924 reads
Creating Facebook page for blog
Few weeks ago I released my SSMS productivity add-in and it has already almost 200 downloads. Responses are quite warm...
2011-08-29
839 reads
Inserting Records AND Getting The Identity in SSIS - Part 2
Since I posted a ways back on retrieving the identity value for inserts in SQL Server Integration Services, I've learned many things - one of which is an inline solution for...
2011-08-29
1,066 reads
Inserting Records AND Getting The Identity in SSIS - Part 2
Since I posted a ways back on retrieving the identity value for inserts in SQL Server Integration Services, I've learned many things...
2011-08-29
7,075 reads
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...
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...
How Accounting Assignment Help Improved My Academic Performance
I recently used accounting assignment help, and it made a huge difference in my...
This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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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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