Transaction Rollbacks with Identity Values
Have you ever noticed unexpected gaps in sequences in IDENTITY columns? Even though you’ve got transactions set up for your...
2009-07-01
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Blog Posts
Connector Editorial for July 1, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-06-30
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Querying the Procedural Cache on Canada Day (July 1st)
The goal of this post is to understand the procedure cache and execution plans to ensure we use fewer resources...
2009-06-30
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SSIS - Creating a Deployment Manifest
Using a Deployment Manifest in SSIS allows you to deploy a set of packages to a target location using a...
2009-06-30
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Tracking My Goals – Half the Year
I made a series of resolutions in January related to SQLServerCentral. These are things that I wanted to accomplish this...
2009-06-30
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Unwired for Days
Today is the first day that I've really had any significant time on the computer over vacation. That probably sounds...
2009-06-30
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Best Thing I Learned at PASS
At the 2003 PASS Summit in Seattle the organization had a "SIG Challenge" that involved developing a database solution to...
2009-06-29
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Featured Blog: Jeremiah Peschka
I met Jeremiah at the PASS Summit last year and since then I’ve looked in on his blog from time...
2009-06-29
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SQL Saturday #17 - Abstract Submitted
I was asked to attend SQLSaturday #17 in Baton Rouge, LA. Despite my lack of desire to travel, I've never...
2009-06-29
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LinkedIn Groups
I’ve written a few posts now about LinkedIn, and for now still find it be the best fit for me...
2009-06-28
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Blogs
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...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
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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