Self-Managed Oracle Databases – Good or Bad ?!
Should we as DBAs be worried that we will become surplus to requirements if Oracle continues to enhance its capabilities to deliver a self-managing...
2010-02-23
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Blog Posts
Setup a Database Snapshot
I have been tinkering lately with database snapshots and I thought the subject warranted a short post on the subject....
2010-02-23
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Gets a Real Date
Hot Off The Presses !
This isn’t like when you stood in line at the kissing booth in high school. SQL...
2010-02-23
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Viewing Missing Indexes in Management Studio 2005
If you’ve used SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (SSMS 2008), you may have noticed that Microsoft added a pretty neat...
2010-02-23
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What Would You Do? Management Scenario #1
I’m in the early stages of a book on managing and I’m starting to look for situations that might trigger...
2010-02-23
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Why All The Fuzz?
I really must thank Steve for his editorial on FizzBuzz. It seemed like a really good topic to do some...
2010-02-23
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Why Do I Need All These Servers?
Introduction
I am frequently getting requests for a new server to do this or that. Running through the usual questions to...
2010-02-23
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Why doesn’t my Intellisense work?
After yesterdays’ webinar, we got a lot of great feedback and questions. Once of the more common questions was around...
2010-02-23
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Basic SQL Querying From PowerShell
I promise to make this worth your time. (Oops, I better make this quick.)
Alright so with PowerShell if you open...
2010-02-22
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Christmas Holiday
We booked a vacation over the weekend, so I’m marking off the week before Christmas as vacation this year. Hoping...
2010-02-22
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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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