Am I Following Your Blog?
As I sat around this past weekend I was left wondering… am I missing any good blogs out there? With...
2012-09-03
902 reads
Quick T-SQL Performance Comparison
I’m not a T-SQL guru. When I have something that will run often, or I have performance concerns, I’ll ask...
2012-09-03
1,298 reads
How To Simply Say You’re a DBA
Have you ever looked back on a conversation where someone asked you “what do you do?” and felt disappointed with your reply?...
2012-09-03
984 reads
sp_helptext
My manager has been quietly laughing under his breath at me for years. Usually because I much prefer queries and...
2012-09-02
4,142 reads
Troubleshooting Oracle Link Server - Part2
It's my bad that I did not made a post since long lately. I would not make an excuse like...
2012-09-01
1,075 reads
Personal Goals
With fall quickly approaching, I thought this would be an ideal time to set some personal goals for the upcoming...
2012-09-01
1,531 reads
Demonstration of a simple dashboard created with the Tableau Software
Like I said on Twitter, here’s the post about the dashboard I created using Tableau, a BI visualization software. I’ve...
2012-09-01
1,883 reads
Thinking on Execution
I read a lot, one the most recent books is The 4 Disciplines of Execution which is, of course, about...
2012-08-31
1,552 reads
Three Not SQL Blogs To Read
Here are three blogs I’ve been reading recently that are interesting. None about SQL, but you might find some value...
2012-08-31
1,945 reads
Building My Event Bag-Part 4
Back to the list, what should go in this minimalist creation? Here’s what I have so far:
laptop (yes)
charger (yes – buy...
2012-08-31
1,528 reads
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...
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Slow - Linked server query
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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