Picking Things Apart
One of the challenges in writing about a new version of SQL Server is
finding out information, especially for the less...
2006-02-20
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Blog Posts
Mavericks don't make it
One of the blogs I most enjoy reading is Life Beyond Code.
This blog allows me to take off my technology...
2006-02-18
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Getting Your Arms Around It
I've been working on the "Designing a Database Consolidation Strategy" chapter of my book and it's been quite an effort....
2006-02-17
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My Reading list
In the tradition of many others, I decided to add a reading list to my professional site. The reading list...
2006-02-16
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Testing, Testing, and More Testing
I've been out of pocket and off the forums for the last few weeks as
we've had several major tasks where...
2006-02-15
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Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?
I saw this on Greg Hughes' blog
and wondered, "What in the world?" So I took a look. It's one of...
2006-02-10
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PASS 2006 Call for Presentations
For those of you who are interested in speaking at PASS in November, the submission site is open: http://passew.prod.web.sba.com/callpapers/CallPapers.cfm?conference_id=15 .
I encourage...
2006-02-09
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Added reviews to my website
I've been thinking about doing this for a whole and I finally got
around to building a reviews section into the...
2006-02-08
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And Bad Writing
I haven't had time to research the extent, but someone reported plagiarism and the author admitted the code, while "from...
2006-02-06
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Good Writing
I left at lunch to hit the gym and then meet a friend. Afterwards I stopped by Starbucks to do...
2006-02-03
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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