Workload analysis with WorkloadTools
Last week I introduced WorkloadTools and promised additional posts to describe what it can do in more detail. So, here...
2019-02-26
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The Reader’s Choice Awards are Taking Nominations
If you’re using products, you might want to nominate a vendor or product for a database tool that helps you....
2019-02-26
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Undercover TV – Sean McCown Joins Us For a Session on Beginning Powershell SMO
In this episode, Adrian looks at some of the new features of the Undercover Inspector1.3 and special guest, Sean McCown...
2019-02-26
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Cool Stuff in Snowflake – Part 7: Creating Tables
I’m doing a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough...
2019-02-26
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Database context and compatibility level
To add onto yesterday’s post about which cardinality estimator (CE) your query will use, there’s an additional complexity. This specifically...
2019-02-26
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Searching Complex JSON Data
Watch this week’s video on YouTubeComputed column indexes make querying JSON data fast and efficient, especially when the schema of...
2019-02-26
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Searching Complex JSON Data
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Computed column indexes make querying JSON data fast and efficient, especially when the schema of the JSON data is the same throughout a table.
It's...
2019-02-26
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Searching Complex JSON Data
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Computed column indexes make querying JSON data fast and efficient, especially when the schema of the JSON data is the same throughout a table.
It's...
2019-02-26
17 reads
Azure SQL Database and Trace Flags
You cannot enable trace flags (globally or by session) within Azure SQL Database but did you know that some global...
2019-02-26
623 reads
#ConditionalCode in Python with Dominika
Here it is! The second article about Python! This time I have described how tou use simple conditional code in...
2019-02-26
841 reads
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,...
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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