Ignoring NULLs with FIRST_VALUE
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The SQL Server FIRST_VALUE function makes it easy to return the "first value in an ordered set of values."
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2018-08-28
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Ignoring NULLs with FIRST_VALUE
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.
The SQL Server FIRST_VALUE function makes it easy to return the “first value in an...
2018-08-28
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Ignoring NULLs with FIRST_VALUE
Watch this week's video on YouTube
The SQL Server FIRST_VALUE function makes it easy to return the "first value in an ordered set of values."
The problem is that if that...
2018-08-28
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MAXDOP Calculator
Every time I conduct a SQL Server health check, it’s pretty common for me to find wrong configurations at instance...
2018-08-28
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Measuring Query Execution Time: What Is Most Accurate
Probably the single most important factor when deciding which query to tune, or actively tuning a query, is how you...
2018-08-28 (first published: 2018-08-13)
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More on Two Posts About PASS
Yesterday I linked to two really interesting posts about PASS and I hope you read them. I’ll start with a...
2018-08-28
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Redgate Lives DevOps
At Redgate, we release a lot of changes to our products. In fact, this is the “About Redgate” slide I’ve...
2018-08-28
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Top 5 Reasons You Should Be Excited About Power BI Composite Models
In July there were many exciting new features that were released to Power BI, but perhaps the most eagerly awaited...
2018-08-28 (first published: 2018-08-13)
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TSQL Tuesday #105: WrapUp
When I hosted this past TSQL-Tuesday, I fully expected to have the wrap-up done a few days later. Lots of...
2018-08-28
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Undercover Catalogue 0.1 Released
Easily Keep Track of All Your SQL Servers
We know what it’s like when you’ve got 101 SQL Servers to manage,...
2018-08-28
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
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Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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