Getting Called Up
When baseball players are called up to the Major League from the Minor League it’s referred to as getting “Called...
2018-06-06
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2018
I am honored to have been selected to be a presenter at this year’s PASS Summit coming up this November....
2018-06-06
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What queries are getting blocked?
Monday Grant Fritchey (b/t) put up a great post EXTENDED EVENTS, THE SYSTEM_HEALTH SESSION, AND WAITS that talks about how...
2018-06-14 (first published: 2018-06-06)
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Understanding the Role of SQL Server Agent in SQL Server
SQL Server Agent is a component of Microsoft SQL Server that is responsible to execute & schedule tasks or jobs in SQL Server. It runs as a Windows service...
2018-06-06
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Understanding the Role of SQL Server Agent in SQL Server
SQL Server Agent is a component of Microsoft SQL Server that is responsible to execute & schedule tasks or jobs in...
2018-06-06
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2018!
I found out a few days ago that one of my sessions was selected for Summit this Fall - I will...
2018-06-06
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Power BI Monthly Digest – June 2018
This month I continued my series with my friend Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] as we guide you through some of...
2018-06-18 (first published: 2018-06-06)
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Becoming a Production DBA - A Family Decision
I really enjoy my job. I became a full-time production DBA about 14 months ago and it has been an overwhelmingly positive move. I work for a good company...
2018-06-06
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WSFC Lost Quorum votes due to network problem
Problem:
Early in the morning I received emails requesting for support as the applications were failing to connect to one of the production servers that are configured with Always On,...
2018-06-05
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Resend an email sent from SQL Server using TSQL
Sometimes emails from SQL Server go missing, especially when you share an inbox with colleagues. On most occasions it doesn’t...
2018-06-14 (first published: 2018-06-05)
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Blogs
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
By Steve Jones
I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
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