SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 49 (Plan Notes)
Introduction
After finishing up six months of managing the marketing for SQLSaturday Orlando I’ve been going back through all my blog...
2014-10-10
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Friday Followup For October 10, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-10-10
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2014-10-09
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SQL in the City 2014 – Two countries in two weeks
I have had a fairly busy travel schedule the last few years. While I don’t love sitting on airplanes and...
2014-10-09
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Speaker of the Month: October 2014
I saw a whole bunch of great sessions last month. I was all over the place from Las Vegas to...
2014-10-09
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Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs 499 Wrap Up
Today I presented the final ramp up session entitled “Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs 499” for the SQL PASS Virtualization...
2014-10-08
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Tip: Concatenate rows with XML, or COALESCE
Edit: I went and changed the first query without paying close enough attention. I’ve fixed the explanation and the query....
2014-10-08
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Learning About Journalism
One of my current projects is PASSWatch. Right now it’s mostly aggregation which I think has value, but I hope...
2014-10-08
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Slides and Code for SSIG Talk
Thank you for those who made it out to the SQL Server Innovators Guild last night in Greenville, SC. I...
2014-10-08
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Notes on SQLSaturday Admin Tools
Introduction
One of the items I’ve had on my todo list for a while is to write up notes on the...
2014-10-08
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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
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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