A T-SQL Holiday Message
Totally pointless, but fun. Run it to decode the message.
DECLARE @Message varchar(20)
SET @Message = '????????????'
DECLARE @Decode Table(
DSeq tinyint,
DKey smallint
)
INSERT INTO...
2010-04-03
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Blog Posts
Service Broker Solutions - Don't Forget the Basics
After finally getting a Service Broker solution implemented successfully, I'm really impressed with the technology, and frustrated how difficult it...
2010-04-03
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A DMV a Day – Day 2
The DMV for Day 2 is sys.dm_exec_sessions, which is described by BOL as:
Returns one row per authenticated session on SQL...
2010-04-02
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Book Review: Where Have All The Leaders Gone
It had been a long while since I listened to an audio book, found it while browsing at the library....
2010-04-02
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Goals for 2010 – Q1 Review
Here were the goals I posted for 2010 on the last day of December:
Continue managing the forums, but at a...
2010-04-02
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Speaking Seven Times in April
April will be a busy month for me as I will be speaking seven different times, on seven different topics,...
2010-04-02
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The Best vs. The Good Enough
When you ask a question on the forums, you'll often get responses that certain ways of doing things are inefficient...
2010-04-02
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The Way - The Reason
This is one thing outside the SQL World, but it has very strong place in every aspects, it is one...
2010-04-02
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The Web 3.0 has finally arrived… It’s The Cloud
The 2008 trending topic everyone was talking about was the Web 2.0. On October 23 that same year,...
2010-04-02
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The Web 3.0 has finally arrived… It’s The Cloud
The 2008 trending topic everyone was talking about was the Web 2.0. On October 23 that same year, Amazon EC2 dropped the Beta label and the story accelerated: Less...
2010-04-02
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Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Problem Isn't Always Your...
Identity Defaults
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Identity Defaults
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
See possible answers