SQL in the City is Next Week
Next Wednesday, Dec 12, I’ll be back in the UK with Kathi, Kendra, and Grant for SQL in the City...
2018-12-04
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Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Business Critical Tier Now Available
The business critical tier for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now available. Customers needing a higher level of high...
2018-12-04
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SQL Date functions in SQL Server
SQL date format functions like the DateDiff SQL function and DateAdd SQL Function are oft used by DBAs but many...
2018-12-04
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
Building on the work of these three fine individuals, here comes the difficult task. You have been the benefactor of some awesome help from somebody else. You even wrote...
2018-12-04
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
How have you impacted somebody in the community?
It has now been 28 months since the last time I hosted a...
2018-12-04
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Two Words For Faster Scalar Functions
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube.WITH SCHEMABINDING optimizations were added all the way back in SQL Server 2005. So why...
2018-12-04
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Two Words For Faster Scalar Functions
Watch this week's video on YouTube
WITH SCHEMABINDING optimizations were added all the way back in SQL Server 2005. So why bother talking about them in 2018?
Because no one is...
2018-12-04
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Two Words For Faster Scalar Functions
Watch this week's video on YouTube
WITH SCHEMABINDING optimizations were added all the way back in SQL Server 2005. So why bother talking about them in 2018?
Because no one is...
2018-12-04
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Journaling
Most of the work I’ve done for the past couple years doesn’t require taking much in the way of notes....
2018-12-28 (first published: 2018-12-04)
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Azure SQL Database – Firewall Rules
If you decide to use IP addresses to control what services have access to your Azure SQL Database, then understanding...
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...
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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