Which is Better: Heaps or Tables with Clustered Indexes?
I have always been of the personal opinion that all SQL Server tables have a clustered index. As part of...
2009-02-13
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Blog Posts
Inserting Markup into a String with SQL
There are a number of occasions when one might want to insert information at various places in a string. Where...
2009-02-12
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Landing on the Hudson River & Being a Hero
I think we've all seen and heard about Flight 1549 doing the emergency landing on the Hudson River. Truly a...
2009-02-12
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Things You Know Now…
Someone tagged me, and I’ve lost the email in all the pile up from vacation where I was very, very...
2009-02-12
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Counterpoint: Against Specialization
Brent Ozar wrote his Things you know now and in it he says this under his first point, Pick one...
2009-02-11
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Kindle 2
The Kindle 2 was announced recently and it’s on sale at Amazon, starting shipping Feb 24, 2009.
I’m glad I didn’t...
2009-02-11
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Networking - Part 4
You may want to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 before continuing. This time around I'd like to...
2009-02-11
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New Security Bulletin for SQL Server 2000/2005 (MS09-004)
Affected Versions:
SQL Server 2000 SP4SQL Server 2005 SP2Unaffected Versions:
SQL Server 2005 SP3 SQL Server 2008Original Vulnerability Report:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499042/100/0/threaded
Microsoft Security Bulletin Link:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-004.mspx
Brief Analysis:
The...
2009-02-11
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Registration for SQLBits in Manchester, England is Now Open
Registration for SQLBits IV, to be held in Manchester, England on Saturday, March 28, 2009, is now open. This free...
2009-02-11
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Speaking at the West Palm Beach SQL Group in May 2009
Scott Klein invited me to speak to his group in West Palm Beach, so I'll be going down on May...
2009-02-11
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
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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