SQL Saturday #28 “Refer a Friend Contest”
With all the MSDN give away contests, I decided to add another. Here are the official rules for the twitter...
2010-07-12
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Blog Posts
SQL Server DMV Starter Pack E-Book Published
Red Gate Books has published a new e-book called “SQL Server DMV Starter Pack”, which you can download for free...
2010-07-12
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando Pre-Conference with Louis Davidson
The planning team of SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando and OPASS are proud to announce that there will be a pre-conference seminar...
2010-07-12
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SSIS - Enabling Logging
Have you ever had a scheduled run of one of your SSIS packages fail? Have you ever wished you had...
2010-07-12
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The PASS Session Selection Process, My Experience Part 3
In my last two posts I talked specifically about the process. This round I’m going to discuss the tools of...
2010-07-12
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TSQL 2sday Coming Up
TSQL Tuesday is fast upon us once again. In fact, in my time zone, it is just a day away.
This...
2010-07-12
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While you don't get a 'Free Lunch', you will get your just desserts...
UPDATE: Additional Microsoft MVPs have joined the project and we will now be selecting at least two (2) now three...
2010-07-12
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Separation of interface from implementation
One of the supposed advantages of the EF is that it abstracts you from
your database implementation. This is considered to...
2010-07-11
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Sunday Morning Work
Up early, the only one in the house, so I made coffee, sat down to check on SSC and the...
2010-07-11
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Making A SQLPS Module
If you’re working with PowerShell and SQL Server one of things you’ll want to to do is load the SQL...
2010-07-10
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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
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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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