Azure: SQL Database Elastic Pool and using Elastic Jobs
I want to show you how I went from having multiple single SQL databases in Azure to a database elastic...
2017-04-04
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All About SQL
SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB
A quick video clip where I show two things. Firstly I show how since SQL Server 2014 SP1+ the snapshot...
2017-04-01
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Azure – SQL Database Premium RS
A very quick post for today, I was navigating my way through the Azure portal within my SQL databases section...
2017-03-28
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SQLBits 2017
I have never been to SQLBits (https://sqlbits.com/) before (due to budgets) but I am really looking forward to attending which...
2017-03-27
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Why did my SQL Server database just go offline?
Note: This post contains a video clip where I show quirky behaviour of the scripted offline task. Personally I rarely...
2017-03-24
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My path from a junior to a senior DBA
A non-technical post but something I have been asked about few times so I thought that I would put pen...
2017-03-22
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TDE: Looking inside your database and backups
TDE (Transparent Data Encryption) encrypts the data files at rest but don’t forget that it also encrypts your backup file...
2017-03-20
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Corrupt Database – I need that data now!
My database is in the recovery pending state and I want to get in and extract the data out into...
2017-03-15
357 reads
Extreme situations require extreme commands
The title is adapted from a child-hood movie of mine and is my daily (database-related) WTF moment and it is...
2017-03-14
374 reads
My take on presenting
This idea basically started from Andy Bek’s TSQL Tuesday last year #84 growing new speakers (https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/t-sql-tuesday-84-growing-new-speakers/ – thanks Andy) and I have...
2017-03-10
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey Part 2: Modern Era (2017 – 2026) – AI/Cloud First
By Vinay Thakur
Following up on my Part 1 baseline, the journey from 2017 onward changed how...
Google Moves Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline
By Brian Kelley
In cryptography, the RSA and ECC algorithms which we use primarily for asymmetric cryptography...
The Book of Redgate: No Politics
By Steve Jones
In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this...
Forums
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...
An Unusual Identity
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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