Windows 7 v the iPad
No, I didn’t buy an iPad, but I have to say on a trip to the Apple Store this week...
2010-04-30
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Plagiarism
It seems to rear it’s ugly head more and more these days. Once again I found some content from my...
2010-04-30
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A DMV A Day – Day 30
The DMV for Day 30 is sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about all the data pages that...
2010-04-30
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News
If you follow me on Twitter or are my friend on Facebook, you might already know the news. I am joining...
2010-04-29
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When was SQL Server last restarted?
How do you tell when your SQL instance was lasted restarted?
I was reading a post by Joe Webb (Blog|Twitter) about...
2010-04-29
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SQLSaturday #41 - Atlanta Session Recap
Last Saturday, April 24, I presented my session, Why I Use Stored Procedures and You Should Too, at SQLSaturday #41-Atlanta, see...
2010-04-29
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PASS Update #29
By the time you read this we’ll have completed the transfer of the SQLSaturday web sites and data to PASS...
2010-04-29
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A DMV a Day – Day 29
The DMV for Day 29 is sys.dm_exec_connections, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the connections established to this...
2010-04-29
2,940 reads
A Identity Bug
Someone asked an interesting question recently. If they had this code:
if OBJECT_ID('aa') is not null
drop table aa
create table...
2010-04-29
2,236 reads
How to Tell When SQL Server Started?
As a consultant, I’m regularly asked to diagnose and solve problems when I have incomplete or conflicting information given to...
2010-04-28
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...
Too Many Choices
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Table Partitioning in SQL Server:...
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