SQL University: Precedence Constraints
Welcome back, class! In our last class, we setup a parent-child package configuration and showed how you can pass variables...
2011-05-06
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Blog Posts
SQLRally OverDrive Events!
So you’re going to SQLRally in Orlando next week? Want to take advantage of ALL of the awesome opportunities presented?...
2011-05-06
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The best IT job boards
There are three job boards that I use: Dice, Monster, and LinkedIn. I prefer Dice by far, since it has...
2011-05-06
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Why you should ask your CTO to attend the User group meetings.
When we (Bill Wunder and me) started our user group, the first person we invited to sign up to our...
2011-05-06
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A row has no row number
It seems that every month I have someone asking the question about ordering or row numbers for a query. Let’s...
2011-05-05
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Certifications – and a survey.
G’day,
There’s a lot of mixed opinions around about certifications.
Are they worth while, do they mean anything, do employers value them...
2011-05-05
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Correcting Image Distortion in PDF Reports
I’ve seen a few cases where reports exported or rendered to PDF have distorted charts and images. We’ve played with...
2011-05-05
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I Won't Be at SQL Rally
I am excited about the SQL Rally event that's coming up next week. However, I won't be there. I've been...
2011-05-05
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My Partitioning And Compression Quest! (Continued)
Thank you, David C, for your comment! Please see below to the answers to
your questions.
The table structure is:
CREATE TABLE...
2011-05-05
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My PASS Summit Submissions
Following Andy Leonard's (blog | twitter) footsteps, here are my PASS Summit submissions. I decided to go a little different this...
2011-05-05
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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...
Forums
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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