Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – Data Platform for 2018-2019
Today, I’m proud to announce that I have been renewed as an Microsoft MVP – Data Platform for the 2018-2019 award year, my second...
2018-07-02
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Microsoft Azure – Enable Geo replication of data – Cosmos DB Part 2
In this article, we will learn how to replicate the data to any Azure region globally. Global Distribution Azure Cosmos...
2018-07-02
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Congrats to DCAC Staff on MVP Renewals
July 1st is a day all Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) wait patiently at their computers hitting F5 over and...
2018-07-02
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Database Superhero Adventures, July 2018
Sorry readers, I was having some many adventures there was no June edition. In May, I had SQLSaturday Dallas where...
2018-07-02
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Database Superhero Adventures, July 2018
Sorry readers, I was having some many adventures there was no June edition. In May, I had SQLSaturday Dallas where...
2018-07-02
457 reads
Introduction to Docker and Docker Toolbox
The article gives some knowledge about getting started and utilizing Docker containers. The focus is all about understanding Docker and...
2018-07-02
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SQL Homework – July 2018 – Create a SQL Agent Job
For this month’s homework let’s try something a bit different. SQL Agent jobs are a very powerful tool frequently used...
2018-07-13 (first published: 2018-07-02)
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Azure SQL Elastic Pools – Moving Databases
If you read official Microsoft documentation about naming conventions for your SQL elastic pools, it is hard to find any...
2018-07-09 (first published: 2018-07-02)
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Cloud Backup Comparison
I used to use Crashplan. This was about $150 a year, but I could to 5 machines. I used to...
2018-07-06 (first published: 2018-06-29)
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Learning Goals –June 2018 Update
The June update for T-SQL Tuesday #97. I made a plan and it’s hard to stick to.
tl;dr – Very little done.
I...
2018-06-29
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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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