Patience
Update: This is confirmed by Snopes.
A NYC Taxi driver wrote:
I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting...
2012-05-03
2,922 reads
Content is King: Great (paraphrased) advice from TheOatmeal.com
TheOatmeal.com has provided the absolute best counsel regarding creativity vs marketing. The comic I’m talking about is entitled “How to get...
2012-05-03
849 reads
Changing Priorities
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you have probably noticed that the content here has been a...
2012-05-03
717 reads
On the road less traveled: a DBA Roadmap review
The story of why I came up with this blog is no secret to the few readers I have here. In...
2012-05-03
1,384 reads
Slowing Changing Dimension (SCD) demystified – Part 1
SCD is a basically a concept that explains how historical data/values are stored within a data in a database.
There are...
2012-05-03
712 reads
Denali – Day 3: Hardware & Software requirements and Installation, Upgrade / Migration
Denali – Day 3: Hardware & Software requirements and Installation, Upgrade / Migration
I know this should be first or second blog post when...
2012-05-03
893 reads
OFFSET and FETCH Query Options in SQL Server 2012
If you are tired of implementing query paging solution in old classic style than try query hints OFFSET & FETCH newly introduced in SQL Server 2012. You might have...
2012-05-03
126 reads
SQL Rally–1 week out
It’s hard to believe that after all the hard work, planning, and prep, that SQL Rally Dallas is just a...
2012-05-03
921 reads
OFFSET and FETCH Query Options in SQL Server 2012
If you are tired of implementing query paging solution in old classic style than try query hints OFFSET & FETCH newly...
2012-05-03
540 reads
SQLFriends in Minneapolis
Ever wanted to hang out and talk about SQL Server over lunch? Maybe get a chance to ask those questions...
2012-05-02
630 reads
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