Your SQL Server database just failed, can you restore the backup?
It’s one thing to be able to backup a database, it’s another thing to be able to restore it into...
2012-05-09
4,523 reads
“Thou Shall Not Shrink the Database” #TSQL2sDay
This month, Chris Shaw (Blog | @sqlshaw) is leading the charge on the T-SQL Tuesday. This event is basically a blogging...
2012-05-08
1,004 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #30 TOP 5 Rules for the SQL Community *Screw Ethics
Chris Shaw (@SQLShaw|Blog) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month. It has been a while since I participated and this month...
2012-05-08
823 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #30 - Ethics and the DBA
This latest installment of T-SQL Tuesday #30, is hosted by SQL MVP, Chris Shaw who asks us to write on a...
2012-05-08
1,908 reads
Picking Technical Conference Sessions (#SQLRally Edition)
Conferences are awesome. They are full of people and sessions. Almost…TOO many sessions. How on Earth do you get in...
2012-05-08
1,179 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #30 – Ethics
This month the topic is hosted by Chris Shaw, and his topic is ethics.
The blog party is the second Tuesday...
2012-05-08
1,066 reads
Denali — Day 8: Startup Parameter
Denali – Day 8: Startup Parameter
Startup Parameters means you are providing the parameter to sql server at the start of sql...
2012-05-08
773 reads
Workspace database server was not found
You might constantly see a warning message that appears like the one below when creating Analysis Services Tabular projects. It...
2012-05-08
1,115 reads
My Garden Update
It’s been just over two months since I started my small home garden. The initial work to clear the area...
2012-05-08
668 reads
How To Use T-SQL TIMESTAMP (ROWVERSION) in SSIS
In some database designs, you may encounter SQL Server columns with a TIMESTAMP or ROWVERSION data type. What are these, and how do you deal with them in SQL...
2012-05-08
688 reads
Blogs
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
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...
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Pay for Performance
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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