Multiple Identity Inserts
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This week I want to share something that surprised me about using SQL Server's SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement.
I started with two tables with identity columns...
2019-06-25
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Blog Posts
Multiple Identity Inserts
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I want to share something that surprised me about using SQL Server's SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement.
I started with two tables with identity columns...
2019-06-25
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Setting Up Power BI Row Level Security
In this webinar I discussed designing a Power BI model to plan for either a simple or complex row level security scenario.
2019-06-25
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2019
I am proud to announce that I am presenting at this year’s PASS Summit conference, to be held in Seattle WA from November 5th to 8th at the Washington...
2019-06-25
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Weekly reading #19
Good afternoon folks! It is Monday Tuesday already after a long weekend in Poland. I do not know what temperature you have but here we are like in a...
2019-06-25
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Working with Arrays in Azure Data Factory
(2019-June-06) I remember I had a professor at my university who very often would encourage his students to learn and get more experienced with simple things first. Learn the basics...
2019-06-25 (first published: 2019-06-07)
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Azure Cosmos DB – Graph DB
Using Graph DB is a good way to show relationships between entities (more specifically a vertex and edges). This is why you would use this approach over classic SQL...
2019-06-24
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Azure SQL DB Maxdop Hint
I had a good question from JP via a comment on my blog about whether you can use the MAXDOP query hint in Azure SQL Database. The answer? Yes....
2019-06-24
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Basic SQL Server Configuration Help for Involuntary DBAs
After my presentation at the Techno Security and Digital Forensics conference, I had a information security professional stop by to ask a few questions. He’s in the position where...
2019-06-24 (first published: 2019-06-10)
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Implicit Conversion Insights with XE
Seldom does a DBA have the opportunity to get out in front of infrequent or random errors such as implicit conversions. More often than not, it is the privilege...
2019-06-24 (first published: 2019-06-05)
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
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SQL Server 2025 section missing?
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A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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