SQLSaturday 32 – Tampa Recap
I had the privilege to attend and speak at SQLSaturday 32 – Tampa this past weekend. As I said in my...
2010-01-24
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Blog Posts
XML Index - ALTER INDEX with REBUILD Issue
I run into a small issue at the end last week, a CHECKDB job was reporting corruption on one of...
2010-01-24
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Indexes Out the Window
I ran into a peculiarly puzzling situation with a query I have been tuning of late. The query runs some...
2010-01-23
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SQL Saturday #32
I presented a one hour session at SQL Saturday #32 in Tampa on Powershell ETL: "In this sesssion we will look...
2010-01-23
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We Are Microsoft (GiveCamp Dallas)
Last weekend (January 15-17) found me at the third annual GiveCamp Dallas event, known locally as We Are Microsoft. This...
2010-01-23
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Book Review: K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain
I read Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain by Ed Viesturs ($18 @ Amazon) over the holiday break....
2010-01-22
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DBA Checklist Updated
I have recently updated and revised my DBA Best Practices Checklist, which is hosted on www.Simple-Talk.com. The goal of the...
2010-01-22
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Final Reminder – SQLSaturday #32 in Tampa on Jan 23, 1010
I’ve had to cancel my plans to attend, which also included plans for a late lunch at the Green Iguana...
2010-01-22
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Microsoft – Follow best practices!
Best practice is to use parametrized queries to enable plan reuse. Will someone please tell Microsoft this.
Presently dm_exec_cached_plans on...
2010-01-22
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SSIS Checkpoints with Tasks Running in Parallel
Several months ago I blogged about why Checkpoints are a great feature in SSIS to use. It seems with every...
2010-01-22
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Blogs
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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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
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