Advent of Code 2018 – Day 4 (Repose Record)
Advent of Code 2018 – Day 4
As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code...
2018-12-25 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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Basic Sequences–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-12-27 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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Flagrantly ignoring the 10% rule
My friend Michael J. Swart has a rule of thumb he calls Swart’s Ten Percent Rule. If you’re using over...
2018-12-05
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UDL files and connection strings
A co-worker showed me a really neat trick the other day. We deal with a lot of connection problems and...
2018-12-05
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Enabling Query Store
Performance tuning in SQL Server is one of the main jobs a DBA has. Starting with SQL Sever 2016 a...
2018-12-05
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SQL Data Discovery and Classification in SSMS 17.5
Data exploration and documentation can be cumbersome, classifying data can be one of those tedious but necessary things. With the...
2018-12-05
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Managing Logins and Users Across An Availability Group
What’s the deal with logins and availability groups?
I’m sure that we all, when creating a login that accesses a database...
2018-12-26 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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How Much Volunteer Time Per Year is a Good Goal?
Yesterday I posted about journaling with my goal being to track the time I spend on SQLOrlando (I’ll exclude time...
2018-12-24 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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Azure Data Factory v2 and its available components in Data Flows
Many of you (including me) wonder about it. Namely: Is it possible to move my ETL process from SSIS to...
2018-12-05
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 2 (Inventory Management)
Advent of Code 2018 – Day 2
As I explained in yesterday’s post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code challenge,...
2018-12-21 (first published: 2018-12-04)
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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