Improve Performance and Take a peak, at SafePeak for SQL Server
There's an exciting new product on the market, and Pearl Knows is in on the ground floor, and wanted to share.
If...
2010-03-21
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Script: Transaction Log Backup
My last post showed a little script that I use for taking full backups of all my databases on an...
2010-03-21
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Report Recipe Book Released
Our SQL Server Reporting Services Recipe book was released in April. This is
a cookbook style book for experienced SSRS designers...
2010-03-21
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Snagit…
If you read my last post, you may have noticed that my images now include boxes, balloon text and highlighting. ...
2010-03-21
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Info about Maximum specifications for SQL Server 2008/2005
A quick info where you can find the Maximum specification for SQL Server 2008/2005 (32 bit & 64 bit).
SQL Server 2008...
2010-03-21
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Determine which version of SQL Server is running...
Since the early versions of SQL Server, from version 6.5 we can know and
determine the latest version that we...
2010-03-20
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A little restriction that prevent changing tables in SQL Server 2008
In SQL Server 2008, by default, the option to prevent tables changes is "on". We can have some issues and...
2010-03-20
2,831 reads
Random Thoughts on Aliasing
Here are many different thoughts/facts/preferences on aliasing. Most of this applies to column aliasing. Regardless of whether or not you...
2010-03-20
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SSRS - Formatting Mutiple Columns
Often when designing reports you are required to apply the same formatting to multiple columns in one table or matrix....
2010-03-19
1,581 reads
Security Audit
Of late I have seen a lot of questions on how to audit the logins and users on each SQL...
2010-03-19
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Blogs
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
By Steve Jones
I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
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,...
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