To DBA or Not to DBA…
In my day to day operations I have the opportunity to work with people in various capacities in regards to...
2013-10-31
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Blog Posts
First take on PowerPivot
What is PowerPivot for Excel? PowerPivot brings the power of Data Modelling into your PC. Traditionally, the DataWarehouse is built...
2013-10-30
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I’m Attending SQLSaturday #248 in Tampa on Nov 9, 2013
I’ll be heading back to Tampa on November 9, 2013 for the BI Edition of SQLSaturday. I’ll be presenting PCI...
2013-10-30
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Interview With Rick Bolesta of the PASS Board of Directors
Rick Bolesta and Neil Buchwalter of CA technologies are leaving the Board at the end of 2013. CA and Microsoft...
2013-10-30
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Monthly profit percentage techniques
Introduction
A few days ago, a friend of mine approached me with an interesting challenge. What he was trying to achieve...
2013-10-30
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Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs – New SQL Saturday Pre-Con Session
Today I am officially announcing the launch of my first all-day SQL Saturday Pre-Conference training session entitled “Virtualization for SQL...
2013-10-30
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Winner – Conference Pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando
This is a quick post to announce the winner of our competition for a FREE conference pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando.
Those rather nice...
2013-10-30
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Winner – Conference Pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando
This is a quick post to announce the winner of our competition for a FREE conference pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando. Those rather nice folks at SQL Server Live are also offering SQL Brit...
2013-10-30
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A look at comments
Everyone knows that we should include comments in our code right? On the other hand the vast majority of us...
2013-10-29 (first published: 2013-10-21)
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Interview FAQ on Interface in C#
What is Interface?
An interface is collection of methods, properties, indexers and events with only signatures. Means In interface Methods, properties,...
2013-10-29
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Blogs
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers