2019-03-23
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Thinking about Setup and Installation
I’m working the first section of a basic administration course, and the first part of this is installing SQL Server...
2019-03-22
488 reads
Toolbox - Exporting SSMS Results to Excel
I was working on another post when I found myself needing to dump out query results to a grid format...
2019-03-22
772 reads
SQL Server Data Pages on Linux
One of the new phrases coming out of Microsoft is that “SQL is just SQL” regardless of what operating system...
2019-03-22
492 reads
Webinar: Change Detection in SQL Server
Change detection is a critical component of any system that moves data from one structure to another. Most data movement mechanisms are designed to move a subset of the...
2019-03-22
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Webinar: Change Detection in SQL Server
Change detection is a critical component of any system that moves data from one structure to another. Most data movement...
2019-03-22
405 reads
Using docker named volumes to persist databases in SQL Server
I’ve previously talked about using named volumes to persist SQL Server databases but in that post I only used one...
2019-03-21
446 reads
Power BI Now Has Keyboard Accessible Visual Interactions
The March 2019 release of Power BI Desktop has brought us keyboard accessible visual interactions. One of Power BI’s natural...
2019-04-10 (first published: 2019-03-21)
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Microsoft Azure – How to create the Azure Active Directory (AD) using Azure Portal
Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) is a cloud based service to handle the identity and access management. It has the...
2019-03-21
549 reads
Uppercase All String Columns (and in a Single Query!)
(last updated: 2019-03-21 @ 15:00 EST / 2019-03-21 @ 19:00 UTC )
Intro
The other day, Steve Jones published a short post with a quick...
2019-04-10 (first published: 2019-03-20)
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Blogs
Paginated Reporting at Scale: Choosing the Right Microsoft Platform
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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