A Good Use of Surface
I first saw a Surface Computer at the Sheraton in Seattle and thought it was pretty cool, but not necessarily...
2008-12-15
741 reads
Blog Posts
A Week of Books - Part 1
I've been catching up on reading over the last month and I feel like taking a break from things technical/community/etc...
2008-12-15
657 reads
A Week of Books - Part 2
I'm just finishing up Boards At Work which talks about how a good board of directors can make a big...
2008-12-15
570 reads
PASS Presentation Evaluation Results
Just as I did last year I'm posting my evaluation scores for review. I co-presented with Steve Jones a session...
2008-12-15
805 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2
I was recently tagged by Tim Mitchell to give a response to Chris Shaw’s SQL Quiz Part 2 so here...
2008-12-15
816 reads
SQL Server 2005 SP3
… has arrived: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en
It’s obviously hot off the presses because the “What’s New document” is 404.
2008-12-15
678 reads
SSIS - Fast Parse
I had another chance last week to answer an email follow up question from the session Brian and I gave...
2008-12-15
8,509 reads
St. Louis Day of .Net
Yesterday I spoke on 2008 T-SQL and Data Types at the St. Louis Day of .Net event. This was an...
2008-12-14
420 reads
FriendFeed Review
I’ve been trying the social networking thing, with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I guess I have one on...
2008-12-12
775 reads
SQL Quiz #2 - Toughest Challenges in my Career
I finally got tagged for the SQL Quiz, which I've been following. Michelle Ufford, aka SQLFool, tagged me following her...
2008-12-12
1,330 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
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...
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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