That Awkward Moment When….
Let's be honest - some of our best learning experiences come from our mistakes. Here's one of mine....
2019-04-05
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What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! ?? I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! ?? Problem: I have a lot of meetings...
2019-04-05
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What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! ?? I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! ?? Problem: I have a lot of meetings...
2019-04-05
34 reads
What Chocolatey Packages Does a Business Intelligence Developer Need?
I’m getting a new work laptop next week: Hooray!! I’m going to have to install A LOT of software: Opportunity! Problem: I have a lot of meetings next week,...
2019-04-18 (first published: 2019-04-05)
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Speaker at SQL Saturday’s Colorado Springs 2019
I’m very happy to announce that for the first time, I will be participating as speaker at the SQL Saturday# 830 in Colorado Springs Here are the details of...
2019-04-05
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ISACA Individual Chapter CISA Trainer Accreditation
ISACA is the professional organization for security, audit, and assurance professionals. There are local chapters, just like with PASS. Here in South Carolina we have the South Carolina Midlands...
2019-04-05
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Adding bash to Windows 10
Awhile back I added the Windows Subsystem for Linux to my machine, rebooted, and promptly forgot about it. After all, I’m doing more PoSh these days and bash isn’t...
2019-04-05
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Why I Believe In In-Person Training
I was recently asked a question from a manager regarding someone on my team when I requested to send them to a training experience:
Are there CBT based alternatives that...
2019-04-04
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Activate Conference 2019: Databases 101 for the Aspiring App Dev Session Info and Resources
A special hello if you're visiting this blog post during or after my workshop on Thursday afternoon, April 4 at the Louisiana Tech Park as park of the Activate Conference...
2019-04-04
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Speaking Again at the Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference
I’ve once again been selected to speak at the Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC, this year. I’m on the calendar for Wednesday, speaking again...
2019-04-04
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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...
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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