SQL Server monitoring with built-in features
Do you think you need to use commercial tools like SQL Diagnostic Manager, SQL Sentry, Spotlight etc.. ? Or do you think...
2018-10-07
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MongoDB-CHICAGO .Local
Continue to my interest on MongoDB Blog lastly on MongoDB 4.02, I attended MongoDB CHICOGO .local Sep 12 and learned so...
2018-10-06
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Don’t believe the myth TRUNCATE TABLE isn’t logged
Remember the Bill Gates email hoax? The one that claims to be some sort of Microsoft beta test saying Gates is going to pay cash money to anyone who...
2018-10-05
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Moving SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 clusters to #Azure for Extended Support
Earlier this year Microsoft announced extended support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 at no additional cost. However, the...
2018-10-05
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Walmart Chose Azure, How About You?
Another major corporation has announced their decision to move to Azure. Perhaps you’ve heard of them? Walmart—yes, Walmart and Microsoft...
2018-10-05
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Know How to Import SQL Server database From One to Another
Looking to import SQL Server database from one server to another ? Confused how to copy from one to another or...
2018-10-05
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Setting up Code Repository for Azure Data Factory v2
In this blog post I want to quick go through one of useful capabilities that Microsoft provided with version 2...
2018-10-05
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DevOps Terms – and Why They Matter to Database Specialists
In this 20 minute session, I define scrum, continuous deployment, test driven development, DevOps, and related concepts. I close with a quick discussion of why Database Administrators and Developers...
2018-10-04
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Running a SQL Server Azure Container Instance in a virtual network
Up until now Azure Container Instances only had one option to allow us to connect. That was assigning a public...
2018-10-04
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Azure IP Advantage
In today’s Azure Every Day post, I’d like to talk about something a little different from our normal posts, and...
2018-10-04
227 reads
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,...
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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