Thoughts on Leadership
A friend is moving into a leadership role for the first time and we talked some about making that transition....
2010-05-14
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SQL Azure and T-SQL
SQL Server Azure database supports the T-SQL, but no at all! For the SQL Server Azure and T-SQL are available...
2010-05-14
8,736 reads
Live Writer - Paste from Visual Studio
This is a test of the plug in “Paste From Visual Studio”. I had this code sitting in SSMS and...
2010-05-13
811 reads
Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 6
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-13
566 reads
Let’s Play, “Why did it do that?”
On my current project I decided to be flexible and allow the use of Linq to SQL to try to...
2010-05-13
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Formatting Code in LiveWriter
I was getting tired of pre-formatting code in LiveWriter. I love that software, but a couple of the technical things...
2010-05-13
938 reads
Upgrading to SQL 2008 R2
Had this on my list todo list, upgrade my laptop that just had plain old SQL 2008 on it. The...
2010-05-13
624 reads
Career Advice for the Novice SQL Server DBA
In April, I ran a Question of the Month that asked, “What advice would you offer a novice DBA in...
2010-05-13
988 reads
SQL Server Azure features limitation
SQL Server Azure, fully relational cloud database solution, is new possibility of the database administration and maintenance. I'm not going...
2010-05-13
1,082 reads
Upcoming SQL Lunch Webcasts
First, I would like to thank all that have attended and supported the SQL Lunch during our first year. We...
2010-05-13
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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