PowerShell Snippets A Great Learning Tool
When I talk to people about Powershell they often ask how can they easily learn the syntax. Here’s a good...
2014-09-09
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My articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to September 2014
The following is the list of my articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to September 2014. To read these articles, you must be a member of SearchSQLServer.com. Learn...
2014-09-09
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My articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to September 2014
The following is the list of my articles published on SearchSQLServer.com from January 2014 to September 2014. To read these...
2014-09-09
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 40 (“Compression Algorithms”)
Continuation from the previous 39 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
It’s time to take a look into the algorithms that Microsoft is...
2014-09-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #58 - Passwords
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is passwords. I’m neither a DBA nor server/system admin, so the only passwords I get to manage are my own. But there’s still lots to...
2014-09-09
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The BBQ Crawl at SQL Saturday #300
This weekend is SQL Saturday #300 in Kansas City. I’ll be traveling Friday for the event, hoping to arrive in...
2014-09-08
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New Add-on for SSMS: T-SQL Flex
Do you ever copy query results out of SQL Server Management Studio, paste them into your text editor, and then...
2014-09-11 (first published: 2014-09-08)
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Tip: RECOVERY_PENDING is not the same as RECOVERING
I’ve seen this mistake more than once, from DBAs with a middling to fair amount of experience. So it bears repeating....
2014-09-08
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I'm Speaking at SQL Saturday 300 - Kansas City and a Few Questions About SQL Saturdays!
This is just a short update. I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Kansas City! I really hope to see...
2014-09-08
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 41
Ah, an interesting week for registrations. We’ve jumped to 426 registered, making my goal of 500 doable. The jump is...
2014-09-08
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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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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