Reminder: MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow Coming to Pensacola, Tallahassee, and More
Forwarding on a note from my local MS Developer Evangelist Joe Healy about his next series of free presentations coming...
2009-02-08
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Blog Posts
Speaking at Community Events - More Thoughts
Last week I posted Speaking at Community Events - Time to Raise the Bar?, a first cut at talking about to...
2009-02-08
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Challenging the Tyranny of Third-Party Vendors: A DBA’s Manifesto
Over the years, I have dealt with a lot of third-party applications (and their vendors) that use SQL Server as...
2009-02-06
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Interested in Boosting the Performance of SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services?
Microsoft has published a white paper called SQL Server 2008 White Paper: Analysis Services Performance Guide that you might find...
2009-02-06
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Professional Goals for 2009
Every time management / professional development book out there tells one to not only develop goals but actually write them down. That's...
2009-02-06
1,228 reads
Speaking / Teaching Engagements
I should have put this out earlier, before going to the SQL Server Innovators Guild, but I got too busy....
2009-02-06
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PASS Update #4
Last week I posted Update #3 that discussed my first board meeting, but I didn't have time to cover my...
2009-02-05
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SQL Server security bulletin due on Tuesday
As part of its advance notification, Microsoft has released the list of security bulletins that should be coming our way...
2009-02-05
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SQLSaturday #13 in Atlanta on April 25, 2009
I've been busy with other projects and haven't had time to focus as much as I'd like on my SQLSaturday...
2009-02-05
487 reads
Ways To Build Your Brand
This is in the presentation I've given a few times, but I thought it made some sense to put these...
2009-02-05
1,818 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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