Simple Script to Determine Who To Kill (SPIDs)
I'm mostly working now supporting the building of SSIS packages for ETL. And on one particular project we've been making heavy...
2010-08-06
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday #28 Update
We are just about a week away from probably the biggest FREE training event to ever take place in Baton...
2010-08-06
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The Inteview is Done
I completed my interview for the PASS board election today. I don’t want to talk about what was in the...
2010-08-06
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Tiny Homes
Over the course of my life I’ve lived in a few different places; small home, apartment, pup tent, large tent,...
2010-08-06
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Windows Azure Platform One Month Pass
According to all of their public pronouncements and the flurry of recent activity, Microsoft seems extremely serious about Windows Azure...
2010-08-06
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GTD: Emergency Scanning versus Processing
Cross-posted from The Goal Keeping DBA blog.
I'm making an earnest effort to work through Getting Things Done in an effort...
2010-08-05
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Middle of the Pack
I noticed the scores for the first part of the PASS nomination process were posted recently. These were the aggregate...
2010-08-05
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Midlands PASS Meeting - August 10
Topic: Creating a SQL Server Utility Environment
Can SQL Server be offered as a service (SQLaaS)? Can SQL Server be treated like...
2010-08-05
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Notes on Mentoring
Being a good mentor is hard, perhaps harder than being a parent, because with children it’s fair to share with...
2010-08-05
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SQL Lunch #26 Analysis Services Security
Today at 12:30 EST I will be presenting for SQL Lunch on the topic of Analysis Services Security. Make sure to be...
2010-08-05
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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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