When Snapshot Isolation Helps and When It Hurts
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Loading Binary Files into SQL Server Using SSIS
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MDX Operators: The IsLeaf() Operator: Conditional Logic within Filter
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Automating Common SQL Server Tasks using DMO
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Using SQL Server 2005 Profiler
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TEMPDB Capacity Planning and Concurrency Considerations for Index Crea
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Basics of Statistics in SQL Server 2005
If you're having a problem with particular queries, there are a few things you can do with the information that the server collects about the distribution of data in columns and indexes.
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An Unusual Identity
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An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers