Dev Days
I heard about the Stackoverflow Dev Days earlier this year and thought it was an interesting idea. We had talked...
2009-10-16
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Blog Posts
Free E-Book on XSD SQL Server Schema Collections
Whether you like it or not, as a SQL Server DBA or Developer, you will eventually have to learn about...
2009-10-16
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PASS Board of Directors Debate - Transparency and Vision
There is an amazing debate occurring on Brent Ozar's blog where he interviewed Matt Morollo. Being a little out of...
2009-10-16
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Shipping
I've got a conference to attend in a few weeks, and needed to get some things out the door. Every...
2009-10-16
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SQLSaturday #21 Shirt Snafu!
Thought I’d share a funny story. Way back before SQLSaturday #1 my friend Shawn recommended a local shirt/embroidery vendor, I...
2009-10-16
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Table Variable and Temp Table
Today I come across the great blog by Wayne Sheffield on Sqlservercentral.com about temp table and table variable so I...
2009-10-16
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Vetting the PASS Board of Directors candidates
I've had a pretty heavy involvement in Brent Ozar's interview of Matt Morollo. The reason for my intense activity is he was...
2009-10-16
1,360 reads
A DBA's Role with Respect to Improving Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Performance
1linerForward: here's a webinar from Microsoft regarding this subject, the following is a summary of what was required to improve CRM performance.
Microsoft's...
2009-10-15
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Are you sticking to your goals? Do you know what they are?
I've engaged a little in the discussion on Matt Morollo's interview on Brent Ozar's blog. It made me go back...
2009-10-15
1,187 reads
Book Review: The Deceived
The Deceived by Brett Battles
I haven’t post on any fiction lately, thought it was time to write about something more...
2009-10-15
346 reads
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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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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