How to Read the Results of SELECT @@VERSION in SQL Server
The simple query SELECT @@VERSION can quickly tell you quite a bit about a SQL Server installation (and the underlying...
2010-01-07
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Blog Posts
Recharging
I was hoping that 4 days in the mountains would be a nice time to recharge. Unfortunately, with my wife...
2010-01-07
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #32 in Tampa on January 23, 1010
I’ll be heading to Tampa the afternoon of the 22nd for the speaker party, and then presenting Social and Not...
2010-01-07
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SSC Syndication
Steve Jones at SqlServerCentral.com has created a Blog for me over there at SqlServerCentral.com. I will be syndicated there and...
2010-01-07
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Too Much Data – Idiocracy or Star Trek?
I used to think that too much data was never a bad thing. That having more information out there is...
2010-01-07
369 reads
10 Goals For 2010
As is the traditional thing to do at the beginning of a new year I'm making goals for what I'd...
2010-01-06
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Goals for 2010
So I’d planned to already have this done and published before the new year rolled around, but life got in...
2010-01-06
1,174 reads
Identity Values – Two things to know
I saw someone post a question recently about running out of identity values in an INT column. It happens, it’s...
2010-01-06
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Identity Values – Two things to know
I saw someone post a question recently about running out of identity values in an INT column. It happens, it’s...
2010-01-06
3,520 reads
PASS Summit Evaluations
The big day has arrived and all the speakers are poring over their PASS Summit 2009 evaluations, me included. These...
2010-01-06
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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...
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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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