SQL 2005 TableSpace
In the first post of this series I highlighted and described two stored procedures that are shipped from Microsoft. These...
2010-05-05
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Integrity Checks – DBCC CHECKDB
I like to run integrity checks against my databases very regularly, sometimes daily if I can get away with it....
2010-05-05
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Using CPU-Z to Discover Hardware Information
I think it is very important to be able to discover exactly what type of hardware is in an existing...
2010-05-05
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Winner of the April SQL Aloha Contest
This month’s question had 28 responses, and as usual, I found it difficult to select a winner because all of...
2010-05-05
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A Glimpse of the Future
I’m not sure what happened here. I walked up to my desktop, wiggled the mouse, and nothing happened. In the...
2010-05-04
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CLR Stability
Recently I was at a UK user group meeting and Simon Sabin of SQL Skills presented a short “SQL Nugget”...
2010-05-04
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How Can I Tell if SQL Agent is Running via SQL?
Introduction
Today’s post is a continuation in my on-going effort to document all of the scripts I use to manage my...
2010-05-04
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May Question: What is your favorite DBA joke?
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if...
2010-05-04
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Nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Award are Now Open
SQLServerCentral.com, along with Red Gate Software, are glad to announce that nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Awards are now...
2010-05-04
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PASS Update #31 (Election Prep)
Sometime soon we’ll start the process of the 2010 PASS election, with three seats on the Board of Directors being...
2010-05-04
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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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