Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Backups
Just because the cloud movement is strong doesn’t mean the end of “DBA’s”, it does mean a change in skills...
2018-08-07
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Analyze Actual Execution Plan
One of the many new sets of functionality introduced in SQL Server Management Studio 17 is the new option “Analyze...
2018-08-22 (first published: 2018-08-06)
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SSL Provider error 31 when connecting to SQL in a docker container
I recently bought a Dell XPS 13 running Ubuntu 16.04 and ran into an issue when connecting SQL Operations Studio...
2018-08-06
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SQL Saturday Denver 2018
Come see my presentation on Machine Learning Server for SQL Server at SQL Saturday Denver
2018-08-06
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T-SQL Formatters
The other day I was given a truly horribly formatted piece of SQL. Something a bit like this only worse,...
2018-08-06
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A Quick Look At The All New Undercover Catalogue, Preview Release Due Out Soon…
I thought I’d give you all a little preview of our latest offering, the Undercover Catalogue which should be available...
2018-08-06
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Snapshot Agent Acquires schema modification (SCH-M) lock on all the articles of a publication
As the business requirement, It is very common to see a request for adding a new article or subscription to...
2018-08-22 (first published: 2018-08-06)
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Azure Cosmos DB – Partition and Throughput
In my previous article Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB, I mentioned Partition and Throughput only briefly. Adopting a good partition scheme...
2018-08-17 (first published: 2018-08-05)
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Vote for a new SSMS feature: Pin files in SQL Server Management Studio
So, this just happened: That's a p good idea. I'll upvote it if you put it in User Voice. Or...
2018-08-03
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Questions from PASS Marathon Containers
Thanks to everyone who attended the PASS Marathon Containers edition and to PASS for the opportunity to present. I received the Questions from the session and wanted to provide...
2018-08-03
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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