Book Review: T-SQL Window Functions by Itzik Ben-Gan
A couple of years back Itzik Ben-Gan (the T-SQL guru) wrote the book Microsoft SQL Server 2012 High-Performance T-SQL Using Window Functions. It’s has been one of my most...
2019-12-19
30 reads
Koen Verbeeck
T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again! This edition is hosted by Malathi (blog|twitter) and the subject is looking back at the past year. So what do I have to be...
2019-12-24 (first published: 2019-12-10)
247 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again! This edition is hosted by Malathi (blog|twitter) and the subject is looking back at the past year. So what do I have to be...
2019-12-10
4 reads
Refresh Power BI Dataset using Logic Apps
A recent blog on the Power BI website announced the availability of a preview component in Microsoft Flow, which allows to easily refresh a specific dataset. This is good...
2019-10-24
176 reads
Refresh Power BI Dataset using Logic Apps
A recent blog on the Power BI website announced the availability of a preview component in Microsoft Flow, which allows to easily refresh a specific dataset. This is good...
2019-10-24
12 reads
Cool Stuff in Snowflake – Part 10: RATIO_TO_REPORT
I’m doing a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to...
2019-10-10 (first published: 2019-10-02)
756 reads
Cool Stuff in Snowflake – Part 10: RATIO_TO_REPORT
I’m doing a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to...
2019-10-02
10 reads
Restarting SQL Server after adding a new SQL login
At a project, we asked if we could get a SQL Server login/user so we could make a connection from an Apache Airflow pipeline to the SQL Server instance....
2019-09-24
323 reads
Restarting SQL Server after adding a new SQL login
At a project, we asked if we could get a SQL Server login/user so we could make a connection from an Apache Airflow pipeline to the SQL Server instance....
2019-09-24
13 reads
Speaking Engagements End 2019
Currently I have two conferences in the pipeline. The first is our local DataMinds Connect, the biggest Microsoft data platform conference of the BeNeLux. I’ll be giving a session...
2019-09-12
8 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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