Syspolicy Phantom Health Records
SQL Server comes with a default SQL agent job installed (for most installations) to help manage the collection of system health data. I would dare say this job is...
2018-04-06
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Syspolicy Phantom Health Records
SQL Server comes with a default SQL agent job installed (for most installations) to help manage the collection of system...
2018-04-17 (first published: 2018-04-06)
4,219 reads
Query tuning: Apply yourself
It’s Friday and I’m ready for the weekend as I’m sure everyone else is. This weekend I’m looking forward to...
2018-04-16 (first published: 2018-04-06)
3,431 reads
When was my last backup / CheckDB / index maintenance?
Keep a good eye on your backup and maintenance; they’re kind of important to the health and well-being of your job wait I mean...
2018-04-06
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SQL Server 2017 on Linux in the Azure portal
SQL Server 2017 now is considered as a hybrid database enterprise solution as it expands its market and is ported to...
2018-04-06
399 reads
Friday Reading 2018-04-06
Feels like an age since I posted some links. So busy these days!
I’m really excited today as tomorrow I head...
2018-04-06
275 reads
Did you know…you can’t do arithmetic operations with datetime2 like with datetime?
I’m currently working on a SQL code migration from Firebird to SQL Server and I hit an error that I...
2018-04-11 (first published: 2018-04-06)
2,671 reads
The Uni-Code: The Search for the True List of Valid Characters for T-SQL Regular Identifiers, Part 2
(last updated: 2018-04-28)
Recap
In Part 1 of this 2 part series, I started with the loose definition in Microsoft’s documentation for...
2018-04-11 (first published: 2018-04-06)
2,108 reads
RIP, Robert Davis
A sad day for me.
A Memorial and Grief fund has been set up, if you’d like to contribute.
2018-04-05
454 reads
4 Improvements to Azure SQL Database
If I was a wizard I would make these 4 improvements to Azure SQL Database. They are in no particular...
2018-04-12 (first published: 2018-04-05)
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Blogs
Are Blogs Still Relevant? - T-SQL Tuesday #204
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
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...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Slow - Linked server query
Hi I have this slow query that is pulling data from a linked server....
Too Many Choices
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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