Checking your Wait Stats via Power BI
Wait stats is my go to thing, however I do get bored just querying it via a table so I...
2016-12-06
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All About SQL
I use Elastic database pools – for now
When you have many SQL databases that are required to run your environments and they show signs of specific usage...
2016-12-12 (first published: 2016-12-02)
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Azure pricing
Not a technical post today (not that I am technical) but still an important one. I have been using Azure...
2016-12-01
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SQL Server – Playing With Trace Flags
Trace flags are used to temporarily set specific server characteristics or to switch off a particular behavior. They are usually...
2016-12-01
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sqlservr.exe
We all know what the sqlservr.exe and its importance, but have you noticed the size difference of the .exe when comparing...
2016-11-25
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SQL Server Restore to LSN
For this post I want to show you how I recovered to a LSN where I did do this on...
2016-11-24
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Task Manager is a liar
I remember asking a question at a recent training event, the outcome? I now don’t use task manager to try...
2016-11-21
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CHECKDB’s Hidden Snapshot
I am in the middle of some research regarding CHECKDB and learnt something new. From SQL Server 2014 onwards the...
2016-11-10
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SQL Server – RECONFIGURE
When you want to change configuration settings for your SQL Server you would either do it via Management studio (under...
2016-11-08
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Copying your SQL Database
If you have created a SQL Database in Azure (PaaS) and need to make a copy of it on the...
2016-11-07
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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...
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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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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