In this first article, get an introduction to DAX, it's uses, and the basics of a DAX query as compared to a T-SQL query.
AI seems to be invading many different parts of our life. Today Steve wonders how much we really need.
Phil Factor's offers tips for longevity in the world of IT consultancy: listen well, humiliate no-one and convince others that it was their expertise that solved the problem.
Building software can be hard and lots of people have tried various methodologies to improve the way their teams work. Steve notes a lot of the process is the same, but he has a preference.
In this first level of the SSAS Tabular stairway, learn how to implement and format a date dimension.
Like ancient Gaul, SQL is divided into three sub- languages. The DDL (Data Declaration Language) declares the data. This is where we find the data types, constraints, references and other structures that have to do with how the data stored . The DML (Data Manipulation Language) uses those declarations to change their contents or to invoke them. It does not change structures and schema objects.
A while back, in a Simple-Talk editorial meeting, someone bet Phil Factor that he couldn't come up with a Halloween story. To our surprise he said he could, as long as he didn't have to keep to the strict literal truth. In the end, he came up with a story about a story, and it is true that he first told the story in a data Centre at Halloween!
As a Data Engineer I found myself having to learn rather more about cloud infrastructure than I had expected.
I've been very pleased with the direction of SSMS the last few years. As it's been separated from SQL Server releases and gets updated more often, I think the changes from v17 though v20 have been improvements. There are still issues, but it's been better. Now we finally have SSMS moving to a modern shell […]
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What does this code return?
SELECT ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2011' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2012') AS OrdersIn2000 , ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2012' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2013') AS OrdersIn2001 , ( SELECT COUNT (*), MAX(soh.OrderDate) AS latestorder FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh WHERE soh.OrderDate > '01/01/2013' AND soh.OrderDate < '01/01/2014') AS OrdersIn2002; GOSee possible answers