Kindle Fire Parental Controls
I blogged a while back about not having the ability to easily disable purchasing on the Kindle. Until recently we...
2012-05-05
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SQLRally Can’t Miss Events
Things have been quiet around here lately and I have a one word explanation….SQLRally. There’s work and family and several...
2012-05-05
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Denali — Day 5: Column-store indexes (aka Project Apollo)
Denali – Day 5: Column-store indexes (aka Project Apollo)
There is another great achievement for Denali, especially for Data warehouse, where data...
2012-05-05
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It was time for an upgrade
I am not one of these anti PC sorta guys, but I do love my MacBook Pro. I have owned...
2012-05-05
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Can You Dig It? – Determining Index Plan Usage
She Can Dig It!
A while back I was asked, if you can use the plan cache to determine which plans...
2012-05-04
1,452 reads
Living a Dream
It was a little over a year ago that I stood on stage at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta and...
2012-05-04
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Slowing Changing Dimension (SCD) demystified – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at SCD Type I. We would now look at the SCD Type...
2012-05-04
774 reads
Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing
Denali – Day 4: Editions & Licensing
Editions:
Here is a brief edition summary of Editions available for all sql server from 2005 to...
2012-05-04
627 reads
DQS Domain Validation Rules
A compelling feature of the new Data Quality Services in SQL Server 2012 is the ability to apply rules to...
2012-05-04
759 reads
DQS Domain Validation Rules
A compelling feature of the new Data Quality Services in SQL Server 2012 is the ability to apply rules to...
2012-05-09 (first published: 2012-05-04)
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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...
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