Starting the year out right
It's the end of another year, and thus the beginning of the next one. Whether you had a successful 2009...
2009-12-29
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Blog Posts
The Other Server
I had a fun support call I need to share. A developer called up to tell me that a particular...
2009-12-29
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The Power of Networking
I was contacted recently by someone that was hiring a new employee. They had searched out applicants on the Internet...
2009-12-29
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Windows ReadyBoost in Windows 7
Perhaps you heard of or actually tried Windows ReadyBoost in Windows Vista, and were (like me) disappointed with the results?...
2009-12-29
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Writing Proposals for Training
I had a student recently who said that to get any type of training she had to write a proposal...
2009-12-29
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Fun With DBCC FREEPROCCACHE
Nearly anytime you see the command DBCC FREEPROCCACHE mentioned in a blog post, magazine article or book, you get some...
2009-12-28
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How To Get a Count of SQL Connections BY IP Address
These queries (which work on both SQL Server 2005 and 2008) are very handy if you want to know who...
2009-12-28
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Little info about Resouce DB (SQL Server 2008-2005)
Little info about System Resource Database in (SQL Server 2008/2005)
The fifth system database in both versions (SQL Server 2008 - 2005)...
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Outlook or LinkedIN
Funny the things you don’t think about until you hear someone doing it a different way. In this case it...
2009-12-28
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Presenting a Live Meeting vs. a Real Meeting
I recently had the opportunity to present, Nuggets Found by Mining the Default Trace, for SQLLunch. This was my first...
2009-12-28
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Blogs
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Cloud Data Driven User Group 2025 – Slides & Scripts
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Leading Through Change: Guiding Teams in Times of Uncertainty
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Forums
Building AI Governance and Policies- First Steps
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Simple delete causes table scan on other tables with foreign key
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Show/Hide number of rows in table
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Question of the Day
Checking Identities
The DBCC CHECKIDENT command is used when working with identity values. I have a table with 10 rows in it that looks like this:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 2 2 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 3 3 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 4 4 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 5 5 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 6 6 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 7 7 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 8 8 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 9 9 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 10 10 2025-01-11 2025-01-16The docs for DBCC CHECKIDENT say this if I run with only the table parameter: "If the current identity value for a table is less than the maximum identity value stored in the identity column, it is reset using the maximum value in the identity column. " I run this code:
DELETE dbo.TravelLog WHERE TravelLogID >= 9
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog, RESEED)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-09-14', '2025-09-17')
GO
What is the identity value for the new row inserted by the insert statement above? See possible answers