Notes about Server SSDs
Note: This isn’t a recommendation or endorsement, just notes from some research I’ve done. Please contact your vendor before making...
2010-06-03
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Sins of a Recursive CTE?
On June 1, 2010, Steve Gray had an article, Sins of SQL: The Time Table, published on sqlservercentral.com. I’m not...
2010-06-03
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Calculating ROI on Performance Tuning
Recently on the SSC forums, someone asked about how to measure the money in an actual dollar figure that they...
2010-06-02
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SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2 Diagnostic Information Queries for June 2010
This version has updated build lists for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2. It also has several new queries, and...
2010-06-02
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #22 - Pensacola, FL
If you are near Pensacola, FL this weekend, I will be speaking at their SQL Saturday on June 5th, 2010. I will...
2010-06-02
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Submitted Session Abstracts for PASS Summit 2010
I guess I will join the trend, and list the session abstracts that I submitted for PASS Summit 2010. There...
2010-06-02
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Inventory SQL Servers with CLR Function
In an enterprise with several SQL Server instances it is pivotal that you keep track of each instance and its...
2010-06-02
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 14
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-02
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2010-06-02
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Would You Do Your Hobby For a Living?
Another recent editorial I wrote for SQLServerCentral talks about whether you would be happy doing your hobby for living. For...
2010-06-02
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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...
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