Contracting – Your best clients are your current clients…
and your old clients too.
Before I started my contracting business five years ago I realised the importance of selling and...
2012-06-20
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Corrupt Model database
An interesting case arose at work the other day. SAN issues had caused SQL Server to shutdown and it was...
2012-06-20
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Enumerating Index Fragmentation with Powershell and SMO
I wish I could say that this was a simple task, but as I dove into SMO and some of...
2012-06-19
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X-XMLA: iv. Deploying Databases with XMLA
The fourth segment in this series focuses on using XMLA to deploy databases. When you create SQL Server Analysis Services...
2012-06-19
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Two New Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. The first one is SQL Server 2008 R2...
2012-06-19
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The First Interview: What companies do that make me want to run far, far away
I’ve recently been asked for some clarification about this statement (from my last blog post): “This is EXACTLY the kind...
2012-06-19
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PASS Summit 2012
I sure hope you’re planning on attending the PASS Summit this year. If you’re not, you might want to reconsider....
2012-06-19
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Status Column in SSISDB Catalog Database
I occasionally review the search terms people use to get to this blog and secretly celebrate knowing my post helped...
2012-06-19
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2012
Today I’m thrilled and humbled to announce that I will be speaking 3 times at PASS Summit in November 6-9! ...
2012-06-19
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SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 2
Last night, Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 2, which is Build 11.0.2325.0. It has 37 fixes in...
2012-06-19
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Blogs
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...
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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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