The need for having both a DW and cubes
I have heard some people say if you have a data warehouse, there is no need for cubes (when I...
2018-07-31 (first published: 2018-07-20)
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Selecting a Random Row From a Table
A couple of times recently I’ve seen the question asked, ‘How can I select a single row at random from...
2018-07-26 (first published: 2018-07-20)
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Friday Reading 2018-07-20
Haven’t posted one of these for a while! It’s good to have some time back to be able to read/write.
I’ve...
2018-07-20
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My #SQLCareer Day–July 19
I’ve asked for #SQLCareer posts, and I haven’t done any. My job isn’t a data platform DBA or developer, but...
2018-07-20
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Getting Schooled by Brent
Earlier this year Brent Ozar invited me to attend some of his online classes for free. Free is good! Training...
2018-07-27 (first published: 2018-07-19)
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SQL Solver
A few months back I ran across this article for checking semantic equivalencies of queries. That’s interesting, from the perspective...
2018-07-19
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Backup and Restore operations with SQL Server 2017 Docker containers using SQL Operations Studio
In this 18th article of the series, we’ll discuss the concepts of database backup-and-restore operations with SQL Server 2017 Docker containers...
2018-07-19
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Data Masker for SQL Server and Temporal Tables
A customer had a question recently about using Data Masker for SQL Server and temporal (or system versioned) tables. I...
2018-07-18
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TDD for SQL Server using tSQLt course certificates now available
I have been asked a few times now for course completion certificates so I have decided to give out certificates to anyone who pays for a plan and sends...
2018-07-18
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TDD for SQL Server using tSQLt course certificates now available
I have been asked a few times now for course completion certificates so I have decided to give out certificates...
2018-07-18
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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