In Charge
I had to run our weekly conference call this week. My boss is out of the office, but he’s been...
2009-11-25
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Blog Posts
More on DBAs and Local Administrator Rights
I'm looking over the comments about DBAs and local Administrator rights and I noticed an interesting trend: no one discussed...
2009-11-25
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Thanksgiving This Year, Stress, Cooking Something New, and Others
I know Thanksgiving has some deeper meanings, but at one level it’s all about the food. Food is a good...
2009-11-25
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To Grant or Not to grant
It is said that you should not give direct table access (even select permission) to a user or group. But...
2009-11-25
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Balancing Time Today v Time Tomorrow
I’ve always thought that you should invest where you can. Make a little effort now that will pay back later,...
2009-11-24
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Opening Doors – Part 3
Earlier this week I posted Part 1 and Part 2, today I want to wrap up by thinking about how...
2009-11-24
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Planning Out a Holiday Weekend
I've got a four day weekend thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States. After reading Jazz in...
2009-11-24
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Planning Your 2010 Professional Development
Virtually all successful DBAs I know put a lot of focus on education, and the best way to make it...
2009-11-24
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (Late November 2009)
Here is the latest version of my Diagnostic Information Queries for SQL Server 2008. Running these queries will give you...
2009-11-24
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SQL Server 2008: Table-valued parameters
A new feature of SQL Server 2008 is Table-valued parameters (TVP). This feature will allow Developers and DBAs to pass...
2009-11-24
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
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...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
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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