SQL Server Central Guest Editorial
My second guest editorial is up at SQL Server Central. These are fun to do (especially the video) even though they’re...
2009-10-14
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Blog Posts
The Future of Technical Education
Some people just love to talk. I guess I’m one of those people. I admit it. But there is a...
2009-10-14
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Think You are Good at Designing User Interfaces? Then Prove It and Win!
The Future of Monitoring website, hosted by the Software Development Usability Team at Red Gate Software, is sponsoring a “Design...
2009-10-14
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What Is Using The Most Space In Your Database ?
As I work on moving a large system with multiple database servers from a 27TB SAN to a single database...
2009-10-14
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Blogging
Hi,
Yesterday while talking to my friend, he reviewed my blog and suggested that I was having so many spelling...
2009-10-13
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Operations Manager Feedback
If you’re involved with maintaining Microsoft Operations Manager, you probably have a few things you’d like to tell the developers,...
2009-10-13
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SKUUpgrade =1 in SQL 2005
One of the things on my todo list for this past week was to upgrade a SQL 2005 Standard Instance...
2009-10-13
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SQL Server Legend – Data Files and Threads
Someone was asking about using multiple data files recently to try and increase performance. I had answered that unless you...
2009-10-13
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SQLServerCentral Article on Database Space Capacity Planning
I wrote an article for SQLServerCentral entitled "Database Space Capacity Planning" that demonstrates a database and volume (disk) capacity planning solution...
2009-10-13
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Table Variables Are Only in Memory: Fact or Myth
I keep seeing these concepts that have long been disproven, posted again and again on newsgroups as if they were valid information. The...
2009-10-13
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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
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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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