A Guitar is Just a Piece of Wood
In my real-life I play guitar. Being an analytical sort-of-fella I found myself inhaling all the books, videos, advice, etc....
2010-06-08
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TechEd 2010 – Tuesday Morning
Leisurely morning, leaving for the convention center about 8 am. Bus service has been great, they have a staff person...
2010-06-08
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Data Compression
We have come to that time of month again – blog party. This time, the party is hosted by Jorge Segarra...
2010-06-08
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The Parallel Data Warehouse Edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 – TechEd 2010
It’s the million dollar question. Literally.
I stopped by the SQL Server area at TechEd in the expo to talk to...
2010-06-08
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 18
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-08
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TechEd 2010 – Monday Afternoon/Evening
After the keynote went back to the press room to write up notes (which I posted already), check email, eat...
2010-06-08
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BI at the Royal Canadian Mint - TechEd
The Royal Canadian Mint, in Ottawa, is located at a large castle. How cool is that? Would you want to...
2010-06-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #007 - Policy Based Management
It's that time of the month again, time for the next round of T-SQL Tuesday posts. This month is being...
2010-06-08
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Overcoming Your Limits
As I age in years, I realize more and more how blessed I was to attend The Citadel, the Military...
2010-06-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #7: T-SQL Enhancements in SQL 2008.
In this edition of T-SQL Tuesday, Jorge Segarra (Blog | Twitter) asks us what our favorite new feature of SQL 2008...
2010-06-08
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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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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