Why Would a Delete Make My Database Grow?
A while back I had a developer come to me complaining that every time they ran a large delete statement on a certain database the delete would fail with...
2010-06-01
10 reads
A while back I had a developer come to me complaining that every time they ran a large delete statement on a certain database the delete would fail with...
2010-06-01
10 reads
A while back I had a developer come to me complaining that every time they ran a large delete statement on a certain database the delete would fail with...
2010-06-01
2 reads
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if...
2010-05-31
1,379 reads
A holiday in the US, commemorating the men and women who have died in the service of our country.
Most...
2010-05-31
1,520 reads
One of my favorite people in the SQL community, Andy Leonard, posted a blog criticizing the selection process for the pre...
2010-05-31
1,774 reads
Taking a Medical Approach to Performance Troubleshooting
I find it difficult sometimes to explain to someone how to have a take...
2010-05-31
2,642 reads
If you've ever needed to debug a fairly complex Data Flow, you've probably wanted to take a peek at what...
2010-05-31
2,409 reads
Are you a DBA? You might Be!
On Twitter, people do a lot more than gossip and post messages about mundane,...
2010-05-29
2,508 reads
I've been published! My article Troubleshooting Transactional Replicationis featured in the June 2010 issue of SQL Server Magazine (subscription required...
2010-05-28
1,921 reads
I’m always trying to find out about the DBAs who visit my blog, as it helps me to better understand...
2010-05-28
1,565 reads
By Steve Jones
ecstatic shock – n. a surge of energy upon catching a glimpse from someone...
By Chris Yates
The New Arena of Leadership The role of the Chief Data Officer is no...
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Lessons from the Postmark-MCP Backdoor
Just saw the "Azure Extension for SQL Server" Does anyone has experience with it?...
I've noticed several instances of what looks like a recursive insert with the format:...
I have a table with this data:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 2 2 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 3 3 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 4 4 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 5 5 2025-01-01 2025-01-06I run this code:
SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('TravelLog')I get the value 5 back. Now I do this:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog ON INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( TravelLogID, CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (25, 5, '2025-09-12', '2025-09-17') SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog OFFI now run this code.
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog) GO INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (4, '2025-10-14', '2025-10-17') GOWhat is the value for TravelLogID for the row I inserted for CityID 4 and dates starting on 14 Oct 2025? See possible answers