24 Hours of PASS
Image a full day of SQL Server and BI training. Even better yet, a full day of FREE training. Well PASS (Professional...
2009-08-24
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Blog Posts
Article Of the Week
I really enjoy reading technical articles. They often enlighten me on new technologies or provide me with a new way...
2009-08-24
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I went silly
Well, a little silly at least. I wrote yesterday about winning a gift certificate to ThinkGeek, and wondering what to...
2009-08-24
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PASS Board of Directors Call for Nominations
This is just a reminder that the call for nominations for the PASS Boards of Directors is open. The final...
2009-08-24
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Spare Yourself Installation Issues by Downloading the Latest SQL 2008 ISO Image
Recently, we began the install of a new instance on a VMware Host and ran into an issue with a problematic outdated...
2009-08-24
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SQLSaturday #23 - Session Submitted
I'm committed to SQLSaturday #23 in Louisville on October 24, 2009. I got a note the other day from the...
2009-08-24
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Stats blob corruptions
There have been a couple odd types of corruption that I’ve been seeing on the forums. I want to take...
2009-08-24
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The Need for a College Degree
I'm reading through Brad McGehee'sHow to Be an Exceptional DBAand in chapter 4 he talks about having the right skill...
2009-08-24
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Types Matter!
Louis Davidson (@DrSql) had an excellent series on his blog on the Pillars of Database Design and the one of...
2009-08-24
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A New Identity
Well, perhaps not a whole new identity, just a consolidation of multiple facets of my online persona. For several years...
2009-08-23
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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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