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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Blog Posts
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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Picking a Blog Platform
For the past couple years I’ve been using Community Server for blogging, only because that’s the platform that’s been part...
2010-01-06
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Service Broker Basics
I'm currently implementing a Service Broker solution at a client site, and it's been an interesting challenge, because there's not...
2010-01-06
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The Right Attitude to be a Mentor
When I first reported to my duty assignment with the US Air Force, there were 3 sergeants in my shop....
2010-01-06
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2010 First Quarter Goals
I have been reading several blog postings about 2010 goals. First, I want to applaud all of you for setting...
2010-01-05
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Goals for 2010
Posting goals online is great as long as you meet your goals, can be something less than great if you...
2010-01-05
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How to obtain RecordCount (or Number of cases) from a DMX query
This one caught my eye on the Data Mining Forum and it is not the first time that this one...
2010-01-05
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Introduction to the SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor
This is an excerpt from my free eBook, Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008.
I think most of us are...
2010-01-05
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New Blog Feed URL
Not easy to find yet on the new site, you can find it at http://www.sqlandy.com/feed/.
2010-01-05
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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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