Disconnected From Data
I was looking at Twitter the other day and saw a few of the people I follow debating the need...
2009-03-13
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Blog Posts
Dot Net Usergroup in Montreal Presentation notes - Grouping Sets in SQL Server 2008
Yesterday evening I gave a talk about Grouping Sets in SQL 2008 thanks in part to the original front-page blog post...
2009-03-13
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Five Device Sync
Last night I was at the store with Delaney after karate and he mentioned that we needed to go pick...
2009-03-13
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Make the 2009 PASS Summit Better: Offer Your Speaking Tips to Others
This year, I was asked to participate on the PASS Program Committee Management team as the “Speaker Manager.” One of...
2009-03-13
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PASS Update #8
Last week I was in Seattle, so I decided to stay an extra day and drive up to Vancouver to...
2009-03-12
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Removing Indexes
I've always told DBAs and developers working for me that backups don't really matter. After all, 99.99% of the time...
2009-03-12
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 CTP - Released
Hi everyone, just little info that we have available the Service Pack 1 for SQL Server2008!
About overview, instructions, system...
2009-03-12
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Database snapshots can take a long time to create
Database Snapshots Can Take a Long Time to Create
Believe it, it's true!! One of the big selling point for database...
2009-03-11
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Saving an Old Hammer
It's funny how life often gives us the buy or fix decision on some many things, and the hard part...
2009-03-11
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SQLServerCentral on Twitter
We’re on Twitter as @SQLServerCentrl. We couldn’t fit the whole name in there given the limitations of Twitter, but feel...
2009-03-11
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Blogs
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...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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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