Ganapathi varma Chekuri

Ganapathi Varma is an Lead Database Administrator and Blogger.
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AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2020

AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2020

1.   Amazon RDS for SQL Server Now Supports Joining a Domain Across AWS Accounts and VPCs using Managed Microsoft AD: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/02/amazon-rds-for-sql-server-now-supports-joining-domain-across-aws-accounts-and-vpcs-using-microsoft-managed-ad/

2.  Amazon RDS for SQL...

2020-02-17

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AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2019

1.    Amazon RDS SQL Server Supports differential and log and restores: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/amazon-rds-for-sql-server-now-supports-differential-restores-and-log-restores/ 

2.    Amazon RDS SQL Server now supports logs to cloudwatch: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/now-publish-log-files-amazon-rds-sql-server-amazon-cloudwatch/ 

3.    Amazon RDS SQL Server now supports high availability in...

2020-01-29

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AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2019

AWS RDS SQL Server Announcements - 2019

1.    Amazon RDS SQL Server Supports differential and log and restores: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/amazon-rds-for-sql-server-now-supports-differential-restores-and-log-restores/ 

2.    Amazon RDS SQL Server now supports logs to cloudwatch: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/now-publish-log-files-amazon-rds-sql-server-amazon-cloudwatch/ 

3.    Amazon RDS SQL...

2020-01-29

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Question of the Day

ORDER BY alias

There is a table tmp_tab:

CREATE TABLE tmp_tab (
id int,
val int
);
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES
(1, 1),
(2, NULL),
(3, 3),
(4, 4),
(5, 5);
You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
    ISNULL(val, id) + 1
Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct)

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