Running in Central Park at SQL in the City New York
I just booked my tickets for New York City. I’m coming into the city on Sept 27, at 2pm, with...
2012-08-22 (first published: 2012-08-20)
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SQL Agent Alerts - Severity Condition is NOT "greater than or equal to"
I ran into some bad training that had convinced a client sys admin that the SQL Agent Alerts had the...
2012-08-20
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SQLSaturday #164 – Cleveland – Touchdown!!
SQLSaturday #164 is in the books and the months of work and planning that went into putting this event together...
2012-08-20
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Another Execution Plan… In the Cloud!
A couple of weeks ago I posted about how different execution plans look when using the Azure Management Portal. I...
2012-08-23 (first published: 2012-08-20)
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8 Habits/Skills/Traits of Highly Effective DBAs
The whole “7 Habits” title is so cliché so I decided to make it eight! Plus that will probably relieve...
2012-08-20
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Why I Like My Job – #Meme15
A while back, Kevin Conan (Blog | @ConanTheCDN) emailed me about this months #meme15 topic. He thought it would be good...
2012-08-20
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Status Reports
I like a good status report. It may contain a few sentences or a page full of data and gauges,...
2012-08-20
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PASS Virtual Chapter August presentations
If you do not know by now, PASS has many virtual chapters that give free webcasts all month long. I...
2012-08-19
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Boyce - Codd Normal Form (BCNF)
Boyce - Codd Normal Form (BCNF) :- A normal form is said to be a Boyce - Codd Normal Form if it is in...
2012-08-19
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Isolation levels in SQL Server
Isolation levels :- Isolation level is required to isolate a resource and protect it from other transactions. This is achieved with...
2012-08-19
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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...
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Slow - Linked server query
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Too Many Choices
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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