February Question: If you weren’t a DBA, what would you like to do?
Sometimes its fun to think of what career you might have chosen if you hadn’t become a DBA. With this...
2012-02-01
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Learning, Networking & Wine
Let’s say, you want to spend a couple of days learning about SQL Server. You also want to spend some...
2012-02-01
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A few quick time calculations
Have you ever needed to do a quick time calculations of the amount of hours/minutes/seconds that have passed? Suppose you...
2012-02-01
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Speaking at Space Coast SQL Users Group on Feb 9, 2012
I’ll be visiting the Space Coast group (http://spacecoast.sqlpass.org/) on Feb 9th to do a presentation on Professional Development Plans. I’m...
2012-02-01
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A Script A Day - Day 1 - Database File To Volume Mapping
Today is the 1st February 2012 and as promised here is the first of script in my "A Script A Day"...
2012-02-01
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SSRS – Using Analysis Services Dynamic Management Views to Build Dynamic Reports
Dynamic Management Views are a very powerful tool that are part of Analysis Services in 2008 and 2008 R2. They...
2012-02-01
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DevConnections Offers DBAs Many Options for Training
As we have done for the last several years, SQLServerCentral.com will be offering its own track at SQL Server Connections...
2012-02-01 (first published: 2012-01-31)
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App Domains and Their Uses
What is an app domain
An App Domain can be thought of as a kind of lightweight process. So What is...
2012-01-31
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Your Road to Becoming a DBA: Laying a Strong Foundation
Knowing precisely how to start on your next adventure is tricky. With so many options and decisions in front of...
2012-01-31
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Setting the DAC port….
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I had a situation today where I needed to ensure that the dedicated Administrator connection (DAC) ran on a specific port.
The main...
2012-01-31
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Blogs
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
By Steve Jones
I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
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....
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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