Vote for the PASS Board of Directors
Voting is open for the PASS Board of Directors. It’s a non-event this year, with three open positions and three...
2018-11-09
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be visibly represented as the wrinkles on your face. Other...
2018-11-09
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be...
2018-11-09
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Ethics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft redid its Data Science Track not too long ago and they added several courses and new progress points. One...
2018-11-19 (first published: 2018-11-08)
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Live blog: Women in Technology lunch at #PASSSummit #passwit
11:48am This will be starting shortly! We’re stuffing our faces, first. Today’s featured speaker is Lauri Bingham, Director of Technology Engineering...
2018-11-08
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PASS Summit 2018 – Keynote Day 2 Commentary
It’s the second main-session day of the Summit for the Professional Association of SQL Server. I had a great breakfast this morning with Brent Ozar, along with Nathan and...
2018-11-08
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SQL work-vacation, Thursday! (#Workation #PASSSummit)
Hello yet again! I’ve been writing about our time this week in Seattle, for the PASS Summit. Saturday, I wrote that we’re here...
2018-11-08
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Speakers wanted for Richmond (VA) SQL Server Users Group – 2019
The Richmond SQL Server User Group, located in Richmond, VA, is looking for speakers for the 2019 calendar year. Due...
2018-11-08
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PASS Summit 2018 – Keynote Day 2 Live Blog
It’s keynote time again! The second full day of the conference starts now, and like yesterday, I’ll be live-blogging during...
2018-11-08
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PASS Summit 2018 – Day 2 – 11/8/2018
It is day 2 of the summit already, am at the bloggers table again, waiting for the rest of the...
2018-11-08
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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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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