SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQL Bits XI
SQLBits XI is in Nottingham, U.K., May 2 – 4, 2013, and I am attending....
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Blog Posts
The Great Blog Move of 2013
For at least a year, I’ve been considering changing blog platforms. I set up my blog on TimMitchell.net using BlogEngine.NET...
2013-01-03
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Vote for my SQL Bits sessions
“Rob? Tsk tsk tsk. That’s a naughty word. We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those...
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
31 Days of Disaster...
2013-01-02
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Free SQL Server Learning Resources - Jan'2013
Database Normalization (some useful links)
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~wyllys/DMPAMaterials/normstep.html
http://www.guru99.com/database-normalization.html
http://www.aliencoders.com/content/basics-normalization-examples
SQL Server Programming Fundamentals (some useful links)
http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/SQLProgrammingFundamentals.aspx
http://beginner-sql-tutorial.com/sql-select-statement.htm
SQL Server Database Administration
DBA Responsibilities
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2011/12/the-day-to-day-tasks-of-the-average-dba/
DBA Best Practices
http://www.bradmcgehee.com/presentations/
Free eBooks (to...
2013-01-02
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Querying and Optimizing DAX
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching some videos from this year’s PASS Summit. One of the presentations I...
2013-01-02
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Re-Awarded as a Microsoft MVP
Yesterday (January 1) I received the email indicating I was re-awarded as a Microsoft MVP, once again in SQL Server....
2013-01-02
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sp_spaceused system-stored procedure
You can use the sp_spaceused system-stored procedure to return space usage information about a database or a table within a...
2013-01-02
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SQL Server Consulting–New for 2013
Today is the first full work day for me in 2013 and I though I’d use it to write a...
2013-01-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
Introduction Welcome back for the 38th installment in the wildly popular blog party for the SQL Server community. This is the party that happens on the second Tuesday of...
2013-01-02
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT
Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers