What PASS is to me #sqlpass
I found out about the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) in 2008 when I attended my first PASS Community Summit “SQL...
2014-09-29
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Making Better Presentations–Organize Things
This is part of a series of tips for speakers on how to make your presentations better.
Organization matters, and it...
2014-09-29
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 Is Now Available !
Finally after a long waiting period, Microsoft release SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3, Same is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. SQL Server 2008...
2014-09-29
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Notes On Our First Student to IT Pro Seminar
This past week we did our first try at the Student to IT Pro Seminar, run concurrently with SQLSaturday Orlando....
2014-10-01 (first published: 2014-09-29)
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SQL Server Configuration Manager giving Error : The remote procedure call failed. 0x800706be
Issue : I am facing error “The remote procedure call failed. [0x800706be]” while trying to view SQL Services from SQL Server Configuration Manager. Steps I perform to resolve the...
2014-09-29
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 48
This past Saturday we held our eight annual SQLSaturday. I’ll write some notes about the event and post today or...
2014-09-29
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Database default locations
One of the options you had when installing your instance was setting some default file locations.
Defaut data file locationDefault log...
2014-10-01 (first published: 2014-09-29)
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 Is Now Available !
Finally after a long waiting period, Microsoft release SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3, Same is now available for...
2014-09-29
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SQL Server Configuration Manager giving Error : The remote procedure call failed. 0x800706be
Issue : I am facing error “The remote procedure call failed. [0x800706be]” while trying to view SQL Services from SQL Server...
2014-09-29
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How to Make Sure Your Clients Can Connect to a Multi-Subnet Cluster
When you set up a multi-subnet cluster, whether it’s a Failover Cluster Instance or an Availability Group, you need to...
2014-09-29
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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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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