SQL Lunch Rescheduled
Due to a few scheduling conflicts the SQL Lunch scheduled for tomorrow as been rescheduled. The event will be on...
2012-03-14
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A Quick Introduction to Data Compression in SQL Server 2008
There is one thing every DBA knows with certainty, and that is that databases grow with time. MDFs grow, backups...
2012-03-13
2,033 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Is it really specialization?
This is the first time I've participated in T-SQL Tuesday - I hope to do so more often...
I can recall several...
2012-03-13
1,033 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
Another month and another opportunity to write about an interesting topic. This month hosting TSQL Tuesday is Argenis Fernandez (Blog | Twitter). This month, Argenis has invited us to...
2012-03-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
Another month and another opportunity to write about an interesting topic. This month hosting TSQL Tuesday is Argenis Fernandez (Blog...
2012-03-13
873 reads
Houston Area SQL Server User Group Presentation
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Scaling SQL Server to HUNDREDS of Terabytes” at HASSUG.
Here is the PowerPoint presentation: Scaling SQL...
2012-03-13
726 reads
Parsing T-SQL – The easy way
UPDATE 2012-09-12 : For my latest adventures with TSQL Parsers please see this post
Every once in a while, I hit an issue...
2012-03-13
11,101 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #28 – Jack of all Trades, Master of None
It’s that time of the month again, T-SQL Tuesday Tuesday. This month Argenis Fernandez, MCM, and big round SQL teddy-bear...
2012-03-13
1,175 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
This month, Argenis Fernandez (blog, @DBArgenis) is hosting our monthly T-SQL Tuesday, and he wants to know: Are you specialized?...
2012-03-13
957 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
Every month the folks of the SQL Server community get together for a virtual block party of sorts called T-SQL...
2012-03-13
703 reads
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...
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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