Interviewed by Tom Larock
Tom has been doing a series of interviews on his blog lately and I ended up on the list. Interviewing...
2009-04-20
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Blog Posts
Prius Update – Smells Like New
We got the Prius back yesterday. I dropped Kyle off and he drove it home. Today was my first time...
2009-04-20
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Revisiting the Task List
I've written a few posts in the past about time management, and thought I'd post an update with some lessons...
2009-04-20
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Security Basics - The C-I-A Triad
In the course of giving my security presentations over the past year, I've learned that quite a few folks have...
2009-04-20
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Simply Dumb Founded - A Non SQL Blog
Blogging is both more fun and harder than it looks, so when someone is getting started I try to offer...
2009-04-20
545 reads
The Death of Email Questions
One of my policies is not to answer questions from people about SQL Server in email. That includes emails to...
2009-04-20
1,058 reads
Use SQL 2008 Express As A Central Management Server
I had the chance to catch Brent Ozar's webcast last week on creating a poor man's CMDB. In it he...
2009-04-20
891 reads
Database Administration Literature Criticism
What is literature? I find this definition is pretty intuitive at http://classiclit.about.com/od/literaryterms/g/aa_whatisliter.htm and also this one is more comprehensive at...
2009-04-19
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LinkedIn as your Stepping Stone for Opportunities with Internationally-Oriented Organisations
As some of you may have read already, Andy Warren‘s series on LinkedIn (part 1, 2,3) and networking has sparked my...
2009-04-19
1,181 reads
Networking Results
I've written quite a few posts lately on networking and a very common question is - where's the results? What do...
2009-04-19
977 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
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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