"Predicate Evaluation Order"
In writing an article for SQL Server Standard's January issue, I received a tech edit comment from Adam Machanic
about a...
2005-11-25
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Blog Posts
PromptSQL - Intellisense for SQL Server
Visual Studio has spoiled me. I love the Intellisense feature that has continued to evolve with each new edition of Microsoft's...
2005-11-25
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Writing an article - don't be afraid to get started!
Writing at article for SQL Server Central tends to be a very rewarding
experience. Every chance I get, I encourage others...
2005-11-25
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New version of ADO.NET provider for MySQL is available
The following announcement came out this morning on the Annouce mailing list for MySQL:
"MySQL Connector/Net 1.0.7, a new version of...
2005-11-21
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Brief from David Litchfield about Administrator Logins to a Database Server
David Litchfield has put out a brief (as
he says it, "It's called a brief because there's enough meat to make...
2005-11-19
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Google Base
There has been some talk on Google Base on the Full Disclosure security
list. I've also seen on another blog about...
2005-11-19
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MySQL 5.0 Released
Catching back up on things. MySQL 5.0 went "RTM" at the end of October.
Haven't had a lot of chances to...
2005-11-19
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New Perl Module for SQL Server released
For those who use Perl and access SQL Server, MVP Erland Sommarskog has
announced a new module which uses OLE DB...
2005-11-19
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I love wireless!!!
I took part of today off to attend the Denver Woodworking show north of
Denver. I left early because, well, I...
2005-11-18
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Named Instances and SS2K
I saw Alex's post on installing a named instance of SS2K5 and having
issues with SS2K. I wanted to note that...
2005-11-18
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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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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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