SSC Editorial: Becoming Highly Productive
This editorial is about the idea of being highly productive more than how to actually accomplish it. Most of us...
2010-07-30
1,393 reads
SQLAndy
Schedule Published for SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville
Just released, http://www.sqlsaturday.com/51/schedule.aspx?sat=51. Five tracks, lots of good speakers, but I see a few new names too. Looks like a...
2010-07-29
1,373 reads
SQLSaturday #40 is Almost Here – July 31, 2010
I’ll be leaving Friday morning with my family to go to Miramar, Fla, for the 2nd annual SQLSaturday there. I’m...
2010-07-29
528 reads
Help Build the SQLRally Speaker/Topic Selection Process – Part 1
Last week we announced PASS SQLRally, the new event that we’ll be holding in May 2011 in Orlando (aka the...
2010-07-29
704 reads
PASS 2010 Summit on LinkedIn Event Calendar – Have You RSVP’d?
Happened to notice in my weekly LinkedIn update today that Todd McDermid had signed up for the 2010 Summit event...
2010-07-28
791 reads
PASS Update #38 (SQLSaturday Wiki)
For the past couple years we’ve had a few different documents that covered how to run a SQLSaturday, but as...
2010-07-28
639 reads
Pillbox Application
Ran across Pillbox in Government Computing News (GCN), a web app that lets you identify what a pill is based...
2010-07-27
621 reads
The Vacation Backlash
Maybe I need a better name for it, but I’m describing the pain that happens when you’re getting ready for...
2010-07-26
590 reads
SQLRally Logo Contest
Kendal posted the announcement yesterday that we opened the design content on 99designs. I’ve used the site before and it’s...
2010-07-23
573 reads
Book Review: Victorious (The Lost Fleet)
Victorious by Jack Campbell ($8 at Amazon) is the finale in the six part series about Black Jack Geary leading...
2010-07-23
682 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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