Putting Object Explorer etc on the right side of SSMS rather than the left.
A while back I was given the advice Move your tabs (Object Explorer etc) to the right side of SSMS....
2018-08-08
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MVP for Another Year
I am a little late in posting this, but I still wanted to share. It is a huge honor to...
2018-08-08
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Azure Training in London
I am very excited about my upcoming IEAzure class being held in London, September 10th and 11th at the Marriott in Kensington (London).
This...
2018-08-08
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A Day in the Life (1/?) - August 7, 2018
This is my first installment in (I hope) a series responding to Steve Jones’s (blog|twitter) #SQLCareer challenge. I decided to jot down most of what I did through the...
2018-08-08
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NTFS Compression and SQL Server Do Not Play Well Together
Wanted to be proactive and move a database that was in the default path on C: to a secondary drive as it was growing pretty heavily.
What I didn’t realize...
2018-08-08
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 114 – Overview by CloudScope)
In this module you will learn how to use the Overview by CloudScope. The Overview by CloudScope show a list...
2018-08-21 (first published: 2018-08-07)
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Enable SQLCMD Mode on SSMS
I really like Microsoft philosophy nowadays, they are putting a lot of time developing good open source tools like SQLCLI,...
2018-08-10 (first published: 2018-08-07)
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T-SQL Tuesday #105 Invitation: Brick Wall
It’s time for another T-SQL Tuesday. The brainchild of Adam Machanic (b|l|t), and designed to strengthen the SQL Server blogging...
2018-08-07
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2018-08-07
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Identifying records with special characters (Unicode)
Occasionally Data analyst may fall in a situation, where they need to identify records holding special characters or only the...
2018-08-24 (first published: 2018-08-07)
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Blogs
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? - T-SQL Tuesday #204
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
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Pay for Performance
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Slow - Linked server query
Hi I have this slow query that is pulling data from a linked server....
Too Many Choices
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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