Creation & Deletion of Database Snapshot by SQL Agent Job
Some days back, I received one query on my facebook page that user want to create Database Snapshot frequently & want to delete the oldest with same frequency. Quite...
2014-09-15
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Podcast on Devops and the Database
I’ve been attempting to expand my reach to get back to my roots in development. I’m doing this because I...
2014-09-15
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I SCHEMABOUND my scalar UDF and you won’t believe what happened next.
Sorry for the click bait but I just couldn’t resist, and to be fair I was pretty impressed with this...
2014-09-15
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To be brief. What to do when PATH variable is too long to be real PATH.
Sometimes after installing pretty useful addins when starting SSMS you can see error message like "Exception has been thrown by...
2014-09-15
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Creation & Deletion of Database Snapshot by SQL Agent Job
Some days back, I received one query on my facebook page that user want to create Database Snapshot frequently & want...
2014-09-15
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Houston TechFest 2014: SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's
Awesome crowd this morning for my SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's presentation at Houston TechFest 2014, thanks very much...
2014-09-13
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 41 (“Statistics”)
Continuation from the previous 40 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
Note: This article is in’s 2nd version, after correcting comments done by...
2014-09-13
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 42
Reg count at 479. Looking very good for hitting 500!First sponsor sent out a geo-targeted message for us, another one...
2014-09-12
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Reblog: September 5 to September 11
Photo credit – JStove
Old posts are like unicorns. You might see them just once, but it’d sure be nice to have...
2014-09-12
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Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Administration
Hello Dear Reader! Last September I was approached with a tremendous opportunity to become the Managing Author for the Professional...
2014-09-12
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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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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