Upcoming Fall Events
During September/October I’ll be presenting at several in-person events:
Tampa IT Pro Camp
Join system administrators and IT professionals for the Tampa...
2012-09-09
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SQLSaturday Metrics
A recent article in the PASS Connector called out some interesting stats about SQLSaturday for 2011 and 2012. I’m including...
2012-09-09
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SQL Server:Output Clause
Couple of days back, one of my colleague came to me asking for help. He is inserting multiple record from a...
2012-09-09
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SQL Saturday 162
SQL Saturday 162 was a great event, kudos to the team involved and I took a lot of pleasure in...
2012-09-09
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Reading Reviews, Ordering a Laptop, and Lenovo
Since earlier this year I’ve been thinking to replace my aging but still useful laptop, mostly to get something lighter,...
2012-09-13 (first published: 2012-09-08)
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5 Performance Killers When Working With Linked Servers
When working with linked servers, the most expensive factor to consider is the amount of data that will have to...
2012-09-08
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SQL Server Best Practices for DMV's - Houston Tech Fest 2012
It is a pleasure meeting everyone today at Houston Tech Fest! The new facility is miles away - literally and figuratively...
2012-09-08
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My Session on Locking Internals Part 1 in CSSUG Meet
Bad weather won't stop hungry minds. Our today’s Chennai SQL Server User Group (CSSUG) meet happened with around 25 enthusiastic SQL Server...
2012-09-08
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysdevices
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-09-07
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SQL Saturday 167
SQL Saturday #167 is just hours away. We have worked hard to get everything setup and in place and hope...
2012-09-07
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Blogs
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? - T-SQL Tuesday #204
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Slow - Linked server query
Hi I have this slow query that is pulling data from a linked server....
Too Many Choices
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Question of the Day
Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers