Would You Listen To The Steve & Andy Radio Show?
My friend Steve Jones and I have talked every week for a long time, close to ten years now. On...
2012-08-18
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Different ways to audit SQL Server security
Today, my first article (ie. Different ways to audit SQL Server security) published on SearchSQLServer.com. In this article, I discussed...
2012-08-17
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Home Backup for the DBA
I’ve been giving a Prepare for When Disaster Strikes talk at SQL in the City this year, and it’s designed...
2012-08-17
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Restarting
Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve written anything. I have lots of excuses for not writing, but none of them are rally valid. There are 2 real reasons for...
2012-08-17
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Rant: Applying Common Sense in IT
I was watching a training video last night and the instructor made the statement we hear all the time:
"Test this...
2012-08-23 (first published: 2012-08-17)
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Restarting
Well, it’s been awhile since I’ve written anything. I have lots of excuses for not writing, but none of them...
2012-08-17
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RAID (Redundant Array Independent Disk)
RAID (Redundant Array Independent Disk) As disk/storage plays a very important role in any application, everything is saved on disk...
2012-08-17
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Actual Emails: The Customer Doesn't Want Full Recovery Mode
Got this question in an email. I'll paraphrase.
William Hoping you can advise me on best way to handle this. My client doesn’t...
2012-08-16
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Where’s My Certificate Backup?
If you’re like me, you take advantage of the default backup paths in SQL Server. It makes my code cleaner,...
2012-08-16
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Introduction to Windows Azure SQL Database (Part 1)
Windows Azure SQL Database also known as SQL Server Data Services or simply SQL Azure is a Microsoft’s cloud services...
2012-08-16
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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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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