Plan Time for Self-Development
As you begin the new year, if you don't already have time set aside each week for self-development, plan it. Don't just "make time," but actually set up the...
2025-01-02
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As you begin the new year, if you don't already have time set aside each week for self-development, plan it. Don't just "make time," but actually set up the...
2025-01-02
26 reads
I picked up Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss, a former FBI negotiator. Given what I do, I realized that...
2025-01-10 (first published: 2025-01-01)
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Tomorrow, November 19, 2024, at 1 PM EST, I'm giving a webcast on SQL Server Disaster Recovery. It'll cover all the typical methods built-in to SQL Server, with a...
2024-11-18
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It tells us to take the time to master the foundational basics of whatever technology we're working with. If we have mastered the basics in the past, it behooves...
2024-11-13
157 reads
I'm listening to Effortless by Greg McKeon (link to author's page) through Audible.com. He points out that often times, a quest for perfection means we don't move forward. We...
2024-11-22 (first published: 2024-11-12)
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If you are an introvert like me, events like the PASS Summit can call forth your social anxiety. I know this past week, I definitely felt it, even though...
2024-11-11
57 reads
Let’s start with the keynote. The biggest take away was how having to support multiple data platforms is growing and becoming the norm. This has been my experience and...
2024-11-08
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A common theme in the PASS Summits I've attended is community and that's definitely true this year. It's one of the reasons I have loved coming when I can....
2024-11-07
28 reads
The last data centric conference I attended was the PASS Summit in 2019. A few months later, much of the world went on lockdown due to COVID. Since then,...
2024-11-06
19 reads
I am able to head back to Seattle for the PASS Summit this year. I would love to meet up with friends and colleagues. I shouldn’t be too hard...
2024-10-29
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By Steve Jones
This value is something that I still hear today: our best work is done...
By gbargsley
Have you ever received the dreaded error from SQL Server that the TempDB log...
By Chris Yates
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept. It is here, embedded in the...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Planning for tomorrow, today -...
We have a BI-application that connects to input tables on a SQL Server 2022...
At work we've been getting better at writing what's known as GitHub Actions (workflows,...
I try to run this code on SQL Server 2022. All the objects exist in the database.
CREATE OR ALTER VIEW OrderShipping AS SELECT cl.CityNameID, cl.CityName, o.OrderID, o.Customer, o.OrderDate, o.CustomerID, o.cityId FROM dbo.CityList AS cl INNER JOIN dbo.[Order] AS o ON o.cityId = cl.CityNameID GO CREATE OR ALTER FUNCTION GetShipCityForOrder ( @OrderID INT ) RETURNS VARCHAR(50) WITH SCHEMABINDING AS BEGIN DECLARE @city VARCHAR(50); SELECT @city = os.CityName FROM dbo.OrderShipping AS os WHERE os.OrderID = @OrderID; RETURN @city; END; goWhat is the result? See possible answers