Bad Query Performance Tips Rebutted
Once upon a time, someone, somewhere, wrote a list of bad query performance tips and they’ve been copied all over...
2018-11-20 (first published: 2018-11-12)
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A New Video - Create a DB Executor Role
A long long time ago, I wrote a blog post showing how to create db_executor role in SQL Server. There...
2018-11-19 (first published: 2018-11-12)
1,840 reads
Load and run custom T-SQL scripts in SSMS via Snippets
If you work with SQL Server on a daily basis, it is very likely you have a lot of custom...
2018-11-12
376 reads
Notes From the 2018 PASS Summit (v20)
This was the 20th PASS Summit, a decent milestone! Interesting to pause and think, what will the Summit look like...
2018-11-12
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Reasons to Serve on the PASS Board of Directors
A few weeks back I wrote Some Thoughts on How To Prepare to Serve on the PASS Board of Directors....
2018-11-20 (first published: 2018-11-11)
1,542 reads
Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes On-Prem
Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes on premises in virtual machines. Kubernetes is a distributed system, you will be creating a cluster which will have...
2018-11-11
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Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes On-Prem
Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes on premises in virtual machines.
Kubernetes is a distributed system,...
2018-11-11
1,245 reads
Last week reading (2018-11-11)
Hello folks, how are you today? It was a very comprehensive week and many of my friends returned home after...
2018-11-11
95 reads
Happy Veterans Day to my SQL Brothers and Sisters!
Thank you all for your service!
I was fortunate to have attended PASS Summit again this year. As an added bonus...
2018-11-11
200 reads
PASS Summit Cosmos DB Demo Code
As part of the PASS Summit conference session that Bob Pusateri and I are presenting right now called “Cosmos DB...
2018-11-09
196 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