Scripting Tables with dbatools
I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and...
2018-03-23
1,632 reads
SQLSaturday Madison – “Data Security for the Cloud” and “Three Steps to Lasting Encryption”
In just a few short weeks, SQLSaturday Madison will happen in Madison, WI, and I’m happy to say that I’m...
2018-03-23
237 reads
Community
Community.
In the SQL Server community, we are basically one big #sqlfamily. This is a story of how the family helped...
2018-03-23
412 reads
SQL Saturday #695 Guatemala
This is probably a very delayed post, but I have been really busy lately.
As mentioned in my previous post, I...
2018-03-23
118 reads
Power BI Data Security – Sharing in Email
Microsoft has expanded sharing by allowing users to share Power BI content via email. In a previous post, I discussed...
2018-04-02 (first published: 2018-03-22)
2,146 reads
I learned about the order of logical operations #SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-03-30 (first published: 2018-03-22)
2,659 reads
SQL Vulnerability Assessment for Azure SQL Database
Back in September 2017 Microsoft announced a new security feature for Azure SQL Database called the SQL Vulnerability Assessment (VA)....
2018-03-22
1,018 reads
Stop Previewing the bim.layout File in SSAS Tabular
A quick blog post for future reference, because I know I’ll bump into this again someday.
When you’re working with a...
2018-03-29 (first published: 2018-03-22)
1,869 reads
Recruitment Agents are not bad people...despite what you might read
Welcome to WIN at IT contracting: A FREE guide showing YOU How to get the most out of Recruitment Agent...
2018-03-22
372 reads
Webinar: Identify and Eliminate SQL Server Performance Issues
I’m giving a webinar tomorrow, March 22, 2018, at 3 PM Eastern.
Free Registration Link
Here’s what I’ll be covering:
Are you struggling...
2018-03-21
369 reads
Blogs
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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...
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