Passion, Challenges, and SQL
TSQL Tuesday
The second Tuesday of the month comes to us a little early this month. That means it is time...
2019-02-12
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What is my why?–T-SQL Tuesday #111
This is an interesting question from Andy Leonard for T-SQL Tuesday: What Is Your “Why”? He is this month’s host...
2019-03-01 (first published: 2019-02-12)
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There’s got to be a better way
For T-SQL Tuesday #111, Andy Leonard asks “What is your why? Why do you do what you do?”
Like Andy, I...
2019-02-12
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Why I Do What I Do #tsql2sday
I didn’t originally want to go back into IT after 15 years in the career field. It was 1999 and...
2019-02-12
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“SSPI handshake failed” \ “The login is from an untrusted domain” errors
I’ve recently encountered an issue that was difficult to resolve and I didn’t find the particular cause that was troubling...
2019-02-28 (first published: 2019-02-12)
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Friend of Redgate 2019
The crew at Redgate has deemed me worthy enough to be in their Friend of Redgate program for another year....
2019-02-12
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What is your why?: T-SQL Tuesday #111
This month Andy Leonard (b/t) wants to know why we do what we do. Funnily enough, this is something I...
2019-02-12
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Power BI Monthly Digest – February 2019
In this month’s Power BI Digest with my friend Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] and I will again guide you through...
2019-02-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #111 - Why Do You Do What You Do?
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard (blog/@AndyLeonard) and his topic was this:
That’s the question this month: Why...
2019-02-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #111 – Why I blog
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard at andyleonard.blog . Andy asks us, what is your “Why?”
So what is...
2019-02-12
690 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,...
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