Table Variables
I was never a big fan of temp tables, mostly because there were serious contention issues in SQL Server v6.5....
2010-06-02
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Winner of the May SQL Aloha Contest
This month’s question had 21 responses, although a few were duplicates. The question was:
What is your favorite DBA joke?
If you...
2010-06-02
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Alternating Group Colors
Formatting reports can be a fun process. I personally look at myself as a Monet or Picasso when creating my...
2010-06-02
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TechUpdate Prishtina 2010, announcement
I have non-official info about the Microsoft event, and the only event, TechUpdate Prishtina, in Kosova. The event will be...
2010-06-02
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Nice Shout-Out From Brad McGehee
I was browsing Twitter today, and I noticed some retweets linking to a blog post that Brad McGehee (blog | twitter)...
2010-06-01
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T-SQL Tuesday #007: Summertime in the SQL
Invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #007
New hotness
Welcome back to the blog party known as T-SQL Tuesday. I’m honored to be hosting...
2010-06-01
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PASS Summit 2010 Call for Speakers Closes Saturday, June 5
If you are planning to submit any sessions to the 2010 PASS Summit, the deadline is Saturday, June 5, 2010....
2010-06-01
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Troubleshooting Login Failed Errors on SQL Server 2008
While looking over my SQL Server Error logs, I noticed a small flurry of error messages like you see below,...
2010-06-01
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Why Would a Delete Make My Database Grow?
A while back I had a developer come to me complaining that every time they ran a large delete statement on a certain database the delete would fail with...
2010-06-01
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Why Would a Delete Make My Database Grow?
A while back I had a developer come to me complaining that every time they ran a large delete statement on a certain database the delete would fail with...
2010-06-01
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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