The Downsides of e-Commerce
Last year I was in a bookstore and looking through some books with Andy Warren of End to End Training....
2009-02-26
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Blog Posts
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I've got three speaking engagements lined up in next two months:
Wed, March 11 @ oPASS: The Truth About Disk Performance & Configuration....
2009-02-26
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A Cloudy Story
The other day Paul Neilson wrote a simple post making predictions about SQL Server in the Cloud. That got a...
2009-02-25
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Business Is More Than Code
Chris Shaw, owner of SQL Oncall, recently had an issue in his business. Chris provides DBA services on a remote...
2009-02-25
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devLINK Call for Speakers to End March 13, 2009
If you are interested in speaking at the devLINK Technical Conference in Nashville, TN, August 13-15th, you need to get...
2009-02-25
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Fear Based Decisions
Most of us aren't good decision makers. We make decisions based on emotion rather than facts, and for many decisions...
2009-02-25
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Finding a Work-Life Balance
Like most everyone who works hard in our industry, I’ve run into more than a few conflicts trying to balance...
2009-02-25
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Microsoft Starts New Website Focused on IT Pro
Microsoft has introduced a new website (part of Microsoft.com) called Thrive. It is still in its infancy, but its focus...
2009-02-25
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Determining if a Server Principal Owns Database Objects
This question comes up a lot in the forums: "How do I know if the login owns any objects?" Usually...
2009-02-24
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Excel Malformed File Vulnerability - Remote Code Execution
Today, Microsoft release a security advisory about a new vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. This one affects both PCs and Macs....
2009-02-24
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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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