Should Production Databases Be in a VCS?
Steve Jones talks version control, but from the production perspective.
2016-02-16
101 reads
Editorial
An Age of AI?
The age of artificial intelligence seems to be here, but it's a little different to what we were promised.
2019-07-22 (first published: 2016-02-15)
430 reads
Zero Downtime for 2016
Someone made a call to architect zero downtime for databases. Steve Jones isn't sure this is the best thing you could do.
2016-02-15
155 reads
The Push to Upgrade from SQL Server 2005
There's a push to upgrade those SQL Server 2005 instances with support ending this April.
2016-02-12
117 reads
Reasonable Timeframes
Steve Jones talks about the timeframes for updating and fixing security problems in applications.
2016-02-11
84 reads
The Digital Woes of Public Records
Public records have been open in the past, but today's digital access might mean problems.
2016-02-09
100 reads
Culture and Performance
Culture is important at our workplace. Steve Jones notes this can be important when trying to get the most performance from your employees.
2016-02-08
141 reads
SQL, and Ye Shall Find
Phil Factor reflects on how hard it really is to develop a really effective database that meets the SQL Standards, and how as a result we are only beginning to realize fully the vision of relational orthogonality in databases.
2016-02-08
105 reads
Who's Got a Preteen SQL Server?
This week Steve Jones wonders about the age of your instances and whether you are planning on upgrades or aware of how many out of support instances you might have.
2016-02-05
177 reads
The New Operating System
We have an operating system for how our organizations are run. Steve Jones talks about a new one that might be important for the world rules by software.
2016-02-04
137 reads
Blogs
Leading Through Change: Guiding Teams in Times of Uncertainty
By Chris Yates
Change is not a disruption in technology; it is the rhythm. New frameworks appear,...
The Mystery of the Locked-Up Database -Scooby Dooing Episode 6
No Scooby-Doo story is complete without footprints leading to a hidden passage. In SQL...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference
By James Serra
A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...
Forums
Don't Forget About Financial Skills
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Don't Forget About Financial Skills
Building a Simple SQL/AI Environment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a Simple SQL/AI Environment
Checking Identities
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Checking Identities
Question of the Day
Checking Identities
The DBCC CHECKIDENT command is used when working with identity values. I have a table with 10 rows in it that looks like this:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 2 2 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 3 3 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 4 4 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 5 5 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 6 6 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 7 7 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 8 8 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 9 9 2025-01-11 2025-01-16 10 10 2025-01-11 2025-01-16The docs for DBCC CHECKIDENT say this if I run with only the table parameter: "If the current identity value for a table is less than the maximum identity value stored in the identity column, it is reset using the maximum value in the identity column. " I run this code:
DELETE dbo.TravelLog WHERE TravelLogID >= 9
GO
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog, RESEED)
GO
INSERT dbo.TravelLog
(
CityID,
StartDate,
EndDate
)
VALUES
(4, '2025-09-14', '2025-09-17')
GO
What is the identity value for the new row inserted by the insert statement above? See possible answers