It was time for an upgrade
I am not one of these anti PC sorta guys, but I do love my MacBook Pro. I have owned...
2012-05-05
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Can You Dig It? – Determining Index Plan Usage
She Can Dig It!
A while back I was asked, if you can use the plan cache to determine which plans...
2012-05-04
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Living a Dream
It was a little over a year ago that I stood on stage at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta and...
2012-05-04
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Slowing Changing Dimension (SCD) demystified – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at SCD Type I. We would now look at the SCD Type...
2012-05-04
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Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing
Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing
Editions:
Here is a brief edition summary of Editions available for all sql server from 2005 to...
2012-05-04
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DQS Domain Validation Rules
A compelling feature of the new Data Quality Services in SQL Server 2012 is the ability to apply rules to...
2012-05-04
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DQS Domain Validation Rules
A compelling feature of the new Data Quality Services in SQL Server 2012 is the ability to apply rules to...
2012-05-09 (first published: 2012-05-04)
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SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries (May 2012)
Even though SQL Server 2005 fell out of Mainstream Support back in April of 2011, I know many people are...
2012-05-08 (first published: 2012-05-04)
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SQL Saturday Houston Recap
Last month I made the trip with some other Dallas-area speakers down to Houston’s second annual SQL Saturday event. This...
2012-05-04
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Win a Free SQLRally Admission!
As those of you in our local North Texas SQL Server User Group are aware, we have given away one...
2012-05-03
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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