Better Presentations–Fonts
This is part of a series of tips for speakers to make your presentations better.
Please, please, please, learn how to set...
2014-09-08
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Parameterization Part 4: Handling Non-Uniform Data Distribution
This is the fourth post in the “Parameterization” series. In the previous post I wrote about parameter sniffing, and I...
2014-09-11 (first published: 2014-09-08)
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Find Out Which Indexes are on which Filegroups using PowerShell And How To Find Other Information
A short post today to pass on a script I wrote to fulfil a requirement I had.
Which indexes are on...
2014-09-07
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Silicon Valley is a different world
I spent the last couple days at Flowcon 2014, a conference that is bringing people together to talk about growing...
2014-09-05
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Reblog: August 29 to September 4
Photo credit – Travis
Ever go digging through your backyard for dinosaur bones? Maybe not, but it’s worthwhile from time to time...
2014-09-05
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Database Free Space Monitoring – The right way
Lately I spent some time evaluating some monitoring tools for SQL Server and one thing that struck me very negatively...
2014-09-05
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Speaker of the Month: September 2014
This month I’m very grateful because I was given the opportunity to present at DevLink in Chattanooga. I got to...
2014-09-05
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Analysis Services Partitions
Partitions are a great feature in Analysis Services that allow you to split measure groups in to separate physical files....
2014-09-09 (first published: 2014-09-05)
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Analysis Services Partitions
Partitions are a great feature in Analysis Services that allow you to split measure groups in to separate physical files....
2014-09-05
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SSC Editorial-Titles Matter – Part 2
I wrote Titles Matter – Part 2 based on lessons learned the hard way not long ago. Titles matter because they...
2014-09-05
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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...
Forums
Pay for Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...
Slow - Linked server query
Hi I have this slow query that is pulling data from a linked server....
Too Many Choices
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Too Many Choices
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