Notes from the May 6th, 2010 oPASS Meeting
We moved to Thursday this month to line things up so that Dean Richards from Confio could do a presentation...
2010-05-11
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SQLAndy
SQLSaturday Summit at the PASS Summit
Now that we’ve moved SQLSaturday to PASS and we’re seeing some really nice growth in the number of events, I...
2010-05-10
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Notes on SQLSaturday #38
Started Friday by picking up the shirts for the event in Orlando, then heading to Jacksonville with the family, getting...
2010-05-10
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Reminder – SQLSaturday #38 in Jacksonville Tomorrow
It’s the third time for Jacksonville, hosting SQLSaturday #38 tomorrow at the University of North Florida. It’s about an hour...
2010-05-07
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Book Review: The Checklist Manifesto
I saw The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande ($15 @ Amazon) at the bookstore and had to read it. I’ve used...
2010-05-06
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New SQL Server Standard: Resource Governor by Roy Ernest
The latest issue of the SQL Server Standard is available for download (login required, free registration). Volume 7 Issue 4...
2010-05-05
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American Express PASS Card (Not What You Think)
Had logged in to American Express check my business account and noticed this on on the front page – a PASS...
2010-05-05
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Review: SSD Tweaker
Ran across this while doing some other reading, SSD Tweaker lets you change a few settings that are supposed to...
2010-05-05
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PASS Update #31 (Election Prep)
Sometime soon we’ll start the process of the 2010 PASS election, with three seats on the Board of Directors being...
2010-05-04
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Upcoming Presentation for Professional Development Chapter
I’ll be presenting “Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan” on May 13th via Livemeeting to members of the PASS Professional...
2010-05-03
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
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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