SQL Rally–1 week out
It’s hard to believe that after all the hard work, planning, and prep, that SQL Rally Dallas is just a...
2012-05-03
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OFFSET and FETCH Query Options in SQL Server 2012
If you are tired of implementing query paging solution in old classic style than try query hints OFFSET & FETCH newly...
2012-05-03
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SQLFriends in Minneapolis
Ever wanted to hang out and talk about SQL Server over lunch? Maybe get a chance to ask those questions...
2012-05-02
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SSIS 2012 Copy or Duplicate Environments
In SSIS 2012 there is a great new feature called environments. They can be thought of as a collection of parameters...
2012-05-07 (first published: 2012-05-02)
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Building an Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop System, Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote about buying some of the components that I needed to build a new 22nm...
2012-05-02
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Fast Track Data Warehouse Reference Guide for SQL Server 2012
I have previously blogged about Fast Track Data Warehouse, a reference configuration optimized for data warehousing (see Microsoft SQL Server Reference...
2012-05-02
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Denali – Day 2: AlwaysON High Availability (aka Project HADRON)
Denali – Day 2: AlwaysON High Availability (aka Project HADRON )
AlwaysON Availability Group:
is another very important achievement done by development team project...
2012-05-02
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Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 6: Making the Decision
We’ve completed reviewing the major Microsoft tools and now you have to make “The Decision”. Which tool(s) is the best...
2012-05-02
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Presenting at SQL Saturday 119 Chicago!
First thing in the morning Saturday May 19th:
I will be presenting with my colleague from House of Brick David Klee...
2012-05-02
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One Week from SQLRally!
SQLRally is a week away (pre-cons start on Tuesday, conference starts on Thursday). I have the privilege of two sessions to...
2012-05-02
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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