Smart Car Charging
I don’t know if electric cars are the answer, but I do think electricity will play a larger part of...
2012-03-01
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Speaking at oPASS on March 8th
I will be at oPASS on March 8th (Thursday) in Orlando, Florida. I'll give a preview of the talk I'm giving...
2012-03-01
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Linked Servers
Do you have linked servers that have been created in your environment? Do you know what these linked servers are? Finding Linked Servers SQL Server has provided us means...
2012-03-01
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Linked Servers
Do you have linked servers that have been created in your environment? Do you know what these linked servers are?
Finding...
2012-03-01
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Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 1: Report Services
As Business Intelligence has evolved over the years the number of tools we have to choose from for presenting data...
2012-03-01
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sql server scripts and managing databases
Managing a large SQL Server inventory requires an efficient management processes.
Following on from DBA productivity and less is more , this...
2012-03-01
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SQL Saturday # 103 in Curacao a Success
On 25th of February 2012, Curacao hosted its first SQL Saturday event. The event was held at the University of...
2012-03-01
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March Question: What tool(s) do you use to help you identify and tune slow performing queries?
Tuning poorly performing queries is one of the most important jobs of the DBA. With this in mind, this month’s...
2012-03-01
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A Solid Laser Printer
I bought a Brother 2060 about 5 years ago to serve as our primary printer at the ranch. It was...
2012-03-01
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AdventureWorks in SQL Server 2012 RC0
The sample databases for SQL Server 2012 haven’t been completely finalized, but I was able to find the latest version...
2012-02-29
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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