Final Preparations for SQLSaturday #8 on October 25th, 2008
I suspect final preparations will stretch all the way through next Saturday morning, but at this point we've done most...
2008-10-19
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Blog Posts
Run Your Business as a Business
I’ve thought this for a long time: you need to run your business as a business, not an investment. Too...
2008-10-19
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Speaking in West Palm Beach and Orlando
I have two speaking engagements for the week of October 19:
South Florida SQL Server User Group - West Palm Beach - October...
2008-10-18
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The Financial Crisis - Why Did I Write This?
I've had a bunch of writings based on finances over the last couple weeks, and I've tried to spread them...
2008-10-17
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When Do You Know That You Know
Why, when you can help others, that's when!
In my role as a senior Moderator with the MSDN SQL Forums, I am often...
2008-10-17
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How Many Drive Letters Do You Use for SQL Server?
I was teaching a private class recently that had both DBA's and network types in the room, one of the...
2008-10-16
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Uninstalling Software (Sucks) and Why Computers Are Still Slow
I've just recently acquired a new laptop and my resolution is to install no software on it that I'm not...
2008-10-16
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What's Your Job Title?
As I travel and visit DBAs from around the United States, I am always surprised at the job titles DBA...
2008-10-16
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Big and Small - Why Did I Write This?
I've always been very concerned about where I work. Well, maybe not always, since early in my career I took...
2008-10-15
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Looking for Free Educational Events to Attend?
Every week, there are dozen of free educational events to attend throughout the United States. The sad part is that...
2008-10-15
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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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