Nested Display Folders in SSAS
Recently it was announced that Power BI would now support the SSAS display folders in “exploration mode”. Exploration mode is...
2016-03-16
1,108 reads
Koen Verbeeck
Reblog: MDS – A Database Error Has Occurred
I recently came across the following error message when I tried to look at the batches in the Integration Management...
2016-03-11
819 reads
Webinar – SQL Server BI Best Practices
I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday March 10, 2016.
The title is SQL Server BI Best Practices and its...
2016-02-24
693 reads
Speaking at the first Belgian SQLSaturday!
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be giving a session at the very first SQLSaturday (aka SQLSaturday 505) in Belgium....
2016-02-15
497 reads
Reblog: SSIS Performance Testing
I had to do some performance testing for an MSSQLTips article and I thought I’d share the framework I used in...
2016-02-19 (first published: 2016-02-12)
1,725 reads
The Future of SSMS
One of the smaller announcements amidst the gazillion new features of SQL Server 2016, is that SSMS is now a...
2016-02-03
621 reads
Book Review – Expert Performance Indexing
A few weeks back, the folks at Apress Publishing sent me a copy of the book Expert Performance Indexing in...
2016-02-11 (first published: 2016-02-02)
2,073 reads
Reblog: Building the Script Component
SQLKover update: For some reason, this was my most popular blog post on the old LTD site. Over 110,000 views. People...
2016-01-28
859 reads
Overview of Published Articles – 2015Q4
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the final quarter of 2015:
Integrated Logging with the Integration Services Package...
2016-01-22
493 reads
Book review – Extending SSIS with .NET Scripting
Recently I got my hands on a copy of Extending SSIS with .NET Scripting, written by SQL Server MVP Joost...
2016-01-29 (first published: 2016-01-21)
2,861 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 ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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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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