May 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
They say, “April showers bring May flowers.” But what if it doesn’t bring May flowers? What if instead you get...
2012-05-08
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Finding the Default Trace File
A post more for me than for anyone else, since I’ll look for something in the default trace and I...
2012-05-07
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SSAS: Duplicate Attribute Key Error
One type of error that arises occasionally during SSAS cube processing is the ‘duplicate attribute key’ error. The error message...
2012-05-07
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The Fantastic 12 of SQL Server 2012
The SQL Server Team Blog is in the midst of posting twelve, short weekly videos that let someone from the...
2012-05-07
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Updated SQL Rockstar Blogger Rankings
This morning, Thomas LaRock (blog|@SQLRockstar) released an updated version of his Blogger Rankings. I was very happy and humbled to...
2012-05-07
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Service Broker Sample: Multi-Threading
Introduction
Service Broker is a cool new feature since SQL Server 2005. Yes, SQL 2012 just came out so it’s hardly...
2012-05-07
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Which SELECT * Is Better?
The short answer is, of course, none of them, but testing is the only way to be sure.
I was asked,...
2012-05-11 (first published: 2012-05-07)
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Denali — Day 7: Contained Database
Denali – Day 7 : Contained Database
Contained database is another new feature for sql server 2012 – Denali, earlier version has a big...
2012-05-07
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Moving from Droid X to Droid Razr Maxx
It’s been not quite two years since I moved from a Blackberry to a Droid X. The X turned out...
2012-05-07
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My Evolving Goals for Attending Conferences
The first conference I went to back in 1999 I attended every session, the bonus sessions, the breakfasts, everything. It...
2012-05-07
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Blogs
Paginated Reporting at Scale: Choosing the Right Microsoft Platform
By Rayis Imayev
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."— Roy Batty, Nexus-6 Replicant, Blade Runner (1982)(2026-Nov-08) Yep,...
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Too Many Choices
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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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