I can barely spell postgresql let alone use it. I answered with a best guess but figured there must be a difference between them. After getting it wrong and reading...

Sadly just trying to load the site to see Jeff's response I got that stupid timeout error. It took until the third try for the page to finally load. No...

Dear Steve Jones...

I forget how long it's been since this site was moved to WordPress but it's been a long time.  Those of us long-timers that are left (not...

So I haven't been able to consistently post for a while because stupid issues with website or browser (not sure which, but I didn't actively change anything). And now...

Gosh... thanks for the very kind words but I'm...

There are always holes. It is very difficult or not impossible to write questions to cover every certainty. Assume this ran and the value was something you checked in...

What about if the server or sql service was restarted since the last insert and the cached identity values were tossed out? Wouldn't the value in sys.identity_columns still be the...

I do appreciate that both SO and SSC date their content. When I am looking for information on a topic I always look at the time frame the answers or...

@Jeff Moden

I have a fiber outage at the moment, so was unable to catch your Group By session on GUIDS V.S. FRAGMENTATION last night.

Is there perhaps a recording...

Congrats Jeff. That is a big milestone indeed.

Just a quick venting/raging......Entity frameworks using code first is the spawn of the devil himself. It is seriously one of the worst anti-patterns I have ever seen. Thanks...

Just a quick venting/raging......Entity frameworks using code first is the spawn of the devil himself. It is seriously one of the worst anti-patterns I have ever seen. Thanks...

Just a quick venting/raging......Entity frameworks using code first is the spawn of the devil himself. It is seriously one of the worst anti-patterns I have ever seen. Thanks I feel...

>>>>Eirikur Eiriksson wrote: >>>Grant Fritchey wrote:

>>Sean Lange wrote:

>And in other news....I have taken the plunge. After almost 25 years as a developer I have just accepted a new position...

And in other news....I have taken the plunge. After almost 25 years as a developer I have just accepted a new position as a full time DBA. Even more crazy...