What Do You Do When Your Employer Doesn’t Want to Support Your DBA Career?
At the 2009 PASS Community Summit, I have gotten the opportunity to talk to many DBAs, and to find out...
2009-11-04
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Blog Posts
Women in Technology Luncheon
I've never attended this in the past, but I've wanted to. As the father of young girl I want to...
2009-11-04
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Basic iFTS Monitoring Queries
This is one of the scripts that I will be using for my presentation “Tips and Tricks for Using SQL...
2009-11-03
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Check out Straight to 8 Program
We seem to be busting at the seams lately with quality content from great providers. I wanted to recommend to...
2009-11-03
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Date Expressions in SSIS
There are many different ways to manipulate dates when working with them in SSIS. Many great examples have been posted...
2009-11-03
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Day 1 – PASS Summit 2009
Up early again, started my day at the Convention Center for breakfast. Light breakfast, drinking water, never seem to drink...
2009-11-03
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Day Zero of PASS (Pre-conference seminar with Kim Tripp)
This week, I’m blogging and tweeting from the PASS Community Summit in Seattle, Washington. The week of the Summit is...
2009-11-03
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DB Audit Challenge #1 - Part II - Get a Clue
In the spirit of my Who DID IT and RAN SQL Caper presentation.....
OK, I was hoping to get the creative juices...
2009-11-03
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Importing a SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Database
Have you ever lost your project file for a SQL Server Analysis Services database? There is a great option to...
2009-11-03
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Kick xp_sendmail to the curb
With the advent of SQL Server 2005 and 2008, mail in the database engine has changed dramatically. Previously you had...
2009-11-03
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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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