SQL Saturday Advice - Build a Foundation
I think this is a good idea, and I’ll give you some reasons, but every SQL Saturday ought to consider...
2010-07-15
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Blog Posts
Building My New Home, SQL Server IO
April of 2009 I decided it was time to blog about my SQL Server experiences in earnest. Steve Jones (twitter|blog)...
2010-07-14
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Core DBA Skill – Backing up the tail log
I’ve never had to do this in production, and I’ve only practiced it a few times, but I think this...
2010-07-14
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In the Clouds
The July meeting for the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group is tonight. Andrew Novick will be talking about...
2010-07-14
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Introducing The PASS SQLRally
If you're a PASS member you may have noticed in this morning's Community Connector that the 2011 spring event I...
2010-07-14
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Notes on the July 13, 2010 oPASS Meeting
Short notes this time, but wanted to get a few thing written down:
Attendance was about 20, lower than expected for...
2010-07-14
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PASS Update #37 (Elections and Re-Election)
We’ve got 6 days left before the call for nominations for the 2010 PASS election closes and I want to...
2010-07-14
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Professional Licensing for Software Professionals?
Over the past few days I have been thinking that the Software Industry is in drastic need of a Professional...
2010-07-14
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Red Gate SQL Source Control
You just have to love Red Gate tools. They find the small area that they want to cover and then...
2010-07-14
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Retrieving last backups of the databases
The script below is a simple and quick way to find out the last backup performed successfully to the databases...
2010-07-14
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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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