Notes from the 2010 South Florida Code Camp
Drove down with the family Friday afternoon, not much traffic and a smooth trip. Checked into the Residence Inn just...
2010-03-03
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Blog Posts
Recovering Data and Transactions
Recently I wrote about the disaster recovery issue recently at SQLServerCentral. Someone sent me a note asking why I didn’t...
2010-03-03
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SQLSaturday #44!
Andrew Karcher and Marlon Ribunal are heading up SQLSaturday #44 scheduled for April 24, 2010 at Golden West College in...
2010-03-03
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Using the OUTPUT clause to retrieve new identity values from SQL Server 2008
Microsoft has a new KB article outlining issues with using SCOPE_IDENTITY and @@IDENTITY to retrieve values inserted into an identity...
2010-03-03
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Kindle for the Blackberry
Saw the announcement by accident while doing some browsing on Amazon. Thought I’d try it out just to see. Download...
2010-03-02
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Mitigating Consulting Risks
In my last post on consulting, Isn’t Consulting Risky?, I contended that in many respects, when done with sufficient forethought...
2010-03-02
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My First SQL Lunch
SQL Lunch has been a great resource for a while now, delivering lunchtime presentations. I was recently asked to be...
2010-03-02
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Personal "Failure" Is Just a Result
I'm reading a book by two teens called Do Hard Things. It's a book which represents a rejection of the...
2010-03-02
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SQL Server - MVP Deep Dives
I got my copy of MVP deep dives earlier this month and have been making good progress in reading some...
2010-03-02
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Using Database Transactions across multiple SSIS Tasks
If you experiment at all with transactions that are built into SSIS you will discover that they are highly flawed. ...
2010-03-02
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
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...
Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
Analysis Services (either the integrated workspace in Power BI or on a SQL Server)...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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