Nacho Mama’s Training Class
That is what I wanted to name the new training series that we developed at my employer, Perpetual Technologies (PTI.net)....
2012-08-09
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How many SQL Servers you run within your environment ? – MAP could be your best bet to answer this question !
A blog post about Microsoft Assessment Planning Toolkit was in my list for quite a while and today I decided to write...
2012-08-08
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More Suggestions for SQLSaturday Admin Tools
I just finished the draft schedule for SQLSaturday #151 in Orlando and wanted to write some notes about the process....
2012-08-08
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Cost Savings and Backup Compression
Let me set the scene, one of our internal IT SQL Servers which stores a whole host of performance metrics...
2012-08-08
1,856 reads
SQLSaturday #160, Kalamazoo
Date: September 22, 2012
Title: So I started this blog…now what?
Abstract:
Ever thought about trying your hand at blogging? Or maybe you’ve...
2012-08-08
602 reads
How to Data Compress Varchar(MAX)
I talk a lot about compression. I’ve blogged a pretty decent amount on it as well. One of the things...
2012-08-08
8,057 reads
SSIS: Transfer SQL Server Object using SMO
we often face a situation to move SQL server object beween servers or databases, when you have constant table list...
2012-08-08
5,601 reads
Visio 2010 Forward Engineer Add-in
Somehow I missed this gem that’s been around for quite a while so I thought I would share it in...
2012-08-08
2,410 reads
Three Generations of Toshiba Portege Laptops Compared
Since I am a bit of a hardware enthusiast, I tend to buy new computer hardware a little more often...
2012-08-07
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Removing a DDL Trigger
In a recent post I talked about how to create a DDL trigger. You’d think to drop that trigger, I’d...
2012-08-07
953 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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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