SQL Server on Linux – External Memory Pressure with 2019 CTP2
In this blog post we’re going to revisit how SQL Server on Linux responds to external memory pressure. This is...
2018-10-23 (first published: 2018-10-13)
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Installing minikube on CentOS
In this blog post, I’ll show you how to install Minikube on CentOS. Minikube is a platform you can use to test kubernetes clusters on your local machine or...
2018-10-13
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Installing minikube on CentOS
In this blog post, I’ll show you how to install Minikube on CentOS. Minikube is a platform you can use...
2018-10-13
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Connecting to SQL Server 2017 using Visual Studio 2017 and getting “An incompatible SQL Server version detected”
This blog post details the error you may get when using Visual Studio 2017 and you get errors that you...
2018-10-24 (first published: 2018-10-13)
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It’s a wrap – SQL Saturday Denver #774
SQL Saturday Denver #774 has come and gone. It’s hard to believe how quick things went – well there were a...
2018-10-12
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I’m Speaking – Denver Dev Day Fall 2018
Denver Dev Day Fall 2018 is a free event organized by volunteers and hosted at the Microsoft campus in the DTC. It’s a full day to learn from industry...
2018-10-12
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The Security Weak Link
I saw this cartoon, which I think is great: Data Security. It’s from John Klossner, and it perfectly shows that...
2018-10-22 (first published: 2018-10-11)
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Which is faster? IN (list) or IN (SELECT FROM Temp)
If you’ve done much with IN (list) then you’ve realized that it basically translates out to
col=val1 OR col=val2 OR...
2018-10-11
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Auto-Scaling Azure SQL DB
When I was presenting my Azure SQL Database session at DataRelay (used to be SQLRelay) I was asked (over coffee)...
2018-10-11
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Inspector V1.2 now available
It has been long overdue but finally V1.2 is now available on GitHub.
V1.2 brings a lot of changes, We put...
2018-10-10
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Blogs
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
By Steve Jones
I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
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,...
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