Installing 5.0.51a MySQL Community Edition on Windows Vista
I'm still working on getting all of my tools and apps onto my new laptop, which is running Vista Ultimate....
2008-04-04
2,529 reads
Blog Posts
Cheap But Good KVM Switch
I needed a KVM (keyboard-video-mouse) switch for home to let me switch between two machines, found the Trendnet 2 Port...
2008-04-03
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MVP Award
Yesterday I found out that I am a new SQL Server MVP. I still have the feeling that I am...
2008-04-02
383 reads
Other Thoughts on Brand Building
Just a link today, but a good one on Building a Powerful Reputation that is a nice follow up to my...
2008-04-02
464 reads
If You Like Books - Look at LibraryThing
I've been following their blog for a while at LibraryThing and so far it looks interesting. The basic premise is...
2008-04-01
260 reads
Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - April 3, 2008
This is a meeting reminder about our next PASS meeting scheduled for April 3, 2008. It will once again be...
2008-04-01
680 reads
Presenting at Jacksonville SQLSaturday in May
Looks like my family and I will make the trek down to Jacksonville in May for SQLSaturday. One of my...
2008-04-01
620 reads
Vulnerability announcements coming for Windows products
I'm a little late on this one, but Cesar Cerrudo has announced he's going to demonstrate exploits to Windows Server...
2008-04-01
682 reads
Schedule Announced for SQLSaturday#3 in Jacksonville
Brian has just posted the schedule of sessions for SQLSaturday #3. I haven't gone through to see how many are...
2008-03-31
1,338 reads
T-SQL Course
I am here in sunny Orlando at End to End Training. I am very impressed with the new training facility....
2008-03-31
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Blogs
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...
Finding the Next Sequence Value: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try...
Forums
DB Design Methods
I've read a few posts regarding what we use to design DB models and...
Auto Update Statistics not triggering on filtered indexes
I've got a table with 186,703,969 rows, about 300GB of data. There are several...
What is the difference between SQL Server and SQL Database?
I created a SQL Database in Azure Portal but I've just noticed it also...
Question of the Day
An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers