Members speaking at User Groups
The Midlands PASS chapter is approaching two years old. We've had some great speakers from the outside like MVPs Brian...
2008-07-31
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Blog Posts
Microsoft Has a New Testing Mechanism - Not a Sim
It looks like Microsoft is working with Prometric to put out a different way of testing for certification. Basically, it's...
2008-07-31
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Reminder - Midlands PASS August Meeting
Speaker: Darren Herbold
Midlands PASS Chapter - August 7, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 7,...
2008-07-31
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Tool Review: Hamachi VPN
Maybe I haven't looked at the right products, but two years ago when we needed a VPN solution there wasn't...
2008-07-31
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Blogging on SQLServerCentral.com
Recently my friend Steve (managing editor of SSC) posted to his blog about The Bad Karma Project that has to...
2008-07-30
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Operation Hands Free
Recently I was driving home and as I made that turn into the sub-division where I live, over the course...
2008-07-30
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Panel Interview Part III Posted
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, Part III of the SQL Server panel interview has been posted on-line. A name I...
2008-07-30
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Stored Procedures Reconsidered
Quite the debate going on from today's editorial: Stored Procedures Reconsidered. I chimed in late, and going on the "pro-sprocs"...
2008-07-30
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Rebuilding Stats: Twice or Not at All Posted on SSC
Rebuilding Stats was published yesterday on SSC, some nice comments posted to it as well. The main point of the...
2008-07-29
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SQL Server Panel Interview
I was asked by Odin Jobs to participate in an email interview on SQL Server. Joining me on the panel...
2008-07-29
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Blogs
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...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Problem Isn't Always Your...
Identity Defaults
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Identity Defaults
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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