February 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of February, mostly, it’s a short month, but there’s no reason to skirt on checking out...
2012-02-07
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SQL Saturday Jacksonville and Precon with Kevin Kline
I’m so excited to tell you about SQL Saturday 130 in Jacksonville coming April 28th. This is the 5th year...
2012-02-07
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Finding the Missing Perfmon Counters in SQL Express
My post this weekend about slaying beasts with magical .dll incantations was my way of relieving some stress after having...
2012-02-07
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Building or Buying a Desktop Based Development and Test Database Server
Back in April of 2011, I wrote a post that compared the merits of using an ancient, but actual rack...
2012-02-06
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Why Every DBA is a Clown
It’s late, really late and you’ve got a mountain of work to get through to meet the deadline. To add...
2012-02-06
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Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
I will be speaking at the February Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group meeting on Wednesday the 8th. The session...
2012-02-06
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Data Quality Services
Data Quality Services (DQS) is a brand new feature in SQL Server 2012. In short, DQS enables you to build a...
2012-02-09 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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Kindle Fire Update
We’ve had two of them since right after the launch and overall I’m pleased. They get used quite a bit...
2012-02-06
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SQL Rally 2012 Vote For Me!
Hello Dear Reader! Last year I tossed my hat in the ring on the world of Presenting. This was a...
2012-02-06
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RYO Maintenance Plan – Database Backups, Part 3
4 out of 5 DBAs agree
I’ve covered creating my backup directories and the actual backup of the database(s). The last...
2012-02-08 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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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