DBAs Still in High Demand
With the world economy on the downside, there is at least one bright light, and that is DBAs are still...
2008-12-09
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Blog Posts
Leaving Live
Last week Steve Ballmer had issued a challenge to MVPs to have them try Live Search instead of their regular...
2008-12-09
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A Custom Trace
I have to admit that when I had a performance problem with some code, I would often fire up Profiler...
2008-12-08
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Managing By The Numbers Part 2
Managing by the numbers often gets a bad name among employees because it can lead to a lot of gaming...
2008-12-08
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Tampa Code Camp Notes
I attended the Tampa Code Camp this past weekend. It was located at the Kforce Building in Tampa, a very...
2008-12-08
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Trying to Figure Out if SQL Server 2008 Data Compression Will Benefit You?
SQL Server 2008 (Enterprise Edition) offers row and page compression, which can potentially offer a boost in disk I/O in...
2008-12-08
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Using Result Set as Variable in Stored Procedure
I’ve been asked several times lately from non-SQL developers that are sometimes required to do some quick SQL work how...
2008-12-08
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A skinnier SQL Server Magazine
I could have sworn that my SQL Server Magazine seemed much smaller this month. When I pulled out last’s months...
2008-12-07
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Managing By The Numbers Part 1
I have a long held belief that if you really care about results, you have to measure them somehow. The...
2008-12-07
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Starting a Technical Blog (Link)
Brent Ozar had a nice post recently on starting a technical blog, well worth reading and a good addition to...
2008-12-07
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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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