Do You Support the Ancient Ones?
Do You Support the Ancient Ones?
Are you still supporting SQL Server 2000? How about 7.0 or 6.5?
Officially, Microsoft support has...
2009-03-29
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Blog Posts
Notes on the 2009 Orlando Code Camp
This was an interesting year to watch the local Code Camp. Shawn Weisfeld organized it the previous two years, but...
2009-03-29
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SQLBits a Smashing Success
SQLBits IV was held in Manchester, England, Saturday March 28th, 2009, and was attended by more than 360 attendees. This...
2009-03-29
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Tweet Your Job Away
A great example of how to “Tweet” poorly. This guy got fired before he started work.
Twitter is a series...
2009-03-27
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Android v Windows Mobile
I’ve had a number of cell phones in my life, probably more than many people. Typically I’ve just grabbed a...
2009-03-26
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Featured Blog - Brian Kelley
My friend Brian writes Databases, Infrastructure, and Security and like me, he writes about an eclectic mix that goes beyond...
2009-03-26
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Gone Dark
This afternoon was quite interesting around the office. A strong thunderstorm moved through the area, a common occurrence in Texas...
2009-03-25
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How to Deal with the Difficult Forum User
It has happened to us all at one time or another. We are trying to help someone on an online...
2009-03-25
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Launch Replication Monitor Without SSMS
I manage a lot of replication publications\subscriptions and when I get a latency or agent failure alert it always bugs...
2009-03-25
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Minimalist Design
I'm been in tactical mode lately, building an advertising management system for one of our projects. Actually it's v2, the...
2009-03-25
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
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 ...
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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