Quick Editing Tips (Day 23)
There are many editing items in SSMS that makes formatting and navigating your code easier than ever. Most of these...
2018-01-23
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Quick Editing Tips (Day 23)
There are many editing items in SSMS that makes formatting and navigating your code easier than ever. Most of these...
2018-01-23
328 reads
You Need a New Hobby
Not sure who this is that is attempting to hack into my blog so desperately, but seriously, time for a...
2018-01-23
309 reads
AWS EC2 Linux AMI with pyodbc
AWS EC2 Linux AMI with pyodbc, psqlODBC, Microsoft ODBC Drivers Context: Using pyodbc within a small python application to pull tracking data from an Azure SQL Server DB, do...
2018-01-23
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Using dbatools to verify your SQL Server instances version compliance
One of the main DBA's duties is to guarantee that SQL Server instances are up-to-date in terms of patches (Service...
2018-01-23
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My Favorite SQL Prompt Features
SQL Prompt from Redgate Software is one of the tools that I cannot live without. Well, that’s probably an exaggeration...
2018-02-02 (first published: 2018-01-23)
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Implementing Smart Differential Backups Using Ola Hallengren’s Backup Scripts in SQL Server 2017
This is part 2 of 2 on taking smart backups. I wrote a previous blog on how to use configuration...
2018-01-23
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How to run a PowerShell script file with Verbose, Confirm or WhatIf
Before you run a PowerShell command that makes a change to something you should check that it is going to...
2018-01-23
1,046 reads
Inverted Polygons? How to Troubleshoot SQL Server’s Left Hand Rule
Last week we looked at how easy it is to import GeoJSON data into SQL Server’s geography datatype.
Sometimes your source...
2018-01-23
455 reads
Inverted Polygons? How to Troubleshoot SQL Server's Left Hand Rule
Last week we looked at how easy it is to import GeoJSON data into SQL Server's geography datatype.
Sometimes your source data won't be perfectly formatted for SQL Server's spatial...
2018-01-23
26 reads
Blogs
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
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...
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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