SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour - NYC
Tomorrow, Thursday, March 22, 2012, the official Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour continues its 12-city trek around the...
2012-03-21
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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP3 Cumulative Update 4
Microsoft has also released SQL Server 2008 SP3 Cumulative Update 4. This is Build 10.00.5775.00, and it has ten fixes...
2012-03-21
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Spring DevConnections 2012
Hello Dear Reader, this week finds me in beautiful Miami FL. Next week I’ll be in Vegas, for one night...
2012-03-21
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Wish you were here
When I was growing up, we used to sit round the t.v. (families only had one in those days) and...
2012-03-21
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Speaking at SQL Saturday Houston
It’s SQL Saturday season again! I found out this morning that I’ll be speaking at next month’s SQL Saturday event...
2012-03-21
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STOP! Consolidate and Listen
I just wrapped up my 24 Hours of PASS session on consolidation. A big THANK YOU again to everyone in attendance,...
2012-03-21
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Comparing users and role memberships between two databases
The other day I was asked to restore a production database into a development environment and then check the database...
2012-03-21
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Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 4: PerformancePoint
If you’ve followed this blog series from the beginning then you may have started thinking about which tools would be...
2012-03-21
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Whitepaper: Demystify Tempdb Performance & Management
Whitepaper: Demystify Tempdb Performance & Management
Demystify Tempdb Performance & Management
There are many misconceptions and myths about tempdb and purported best practices are...
2012-03-21
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Error: Could not load type 'Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Sharepoint.Integration.ASLinkFilePage'.
To create a PowerView report first we need to create a BI Semantic Model Connection,
but If we did not deploy...
2012-03-21
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Blogs
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,...
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
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