My first blog post!
I’ve started my own SQL blog. Hopefully I’ll write some interesting SQL blog posts here soon.
2011-12-16
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View execution plan for a sproc in the wild
Got stored procedure problems? I feel sorry for you son.
Here's a quick query to pull the cached execution plan out...
2011-12-16
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Open_transaction_count in sys.dm_exec_sessions
This news may be a few months old, but it is worth noting that there is now a column called...
2011-12-16
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Factless fact table
A factless fact table is a fact table that does not have any measures. It is essentially an intersection of...
2011-12-16
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Re-blog – December 9 – December 15
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-16
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Why Am I Amazed By a 2000 Page Word Doc?
It’s not uncommon to have information shared in a Word doc, but I was surprised recently to open one up...
2011-12-16
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The ‘Microsoft.Ace.OLEDB.12.0' Provider Is Not Registered on the Local Machine
If you have used SSIS to move data from something like Access or more commonly Excel, it is a good...
2011-12-16
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Counting Merge Replication Article Changes
One of the cool things about Merge Replication is that it has the capability of revealing very interesting information regarding...
2011-12-16
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Why did I start blogging?
This post is in response to #meme15 started by Jason Strate (b|t). Two questions were asked in the first assignment....
2011-12-16
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PASS Summit 2011 Session Evaluations
Session evaluations from the 2011 PASS Summit have been entered, calculated, and officially released to speakers. While I didn't make...
2011-12-15
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Blogs
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...
Paginated Reporting at Scale: Choosing the Right Microsoft Platform
By Rayis Imayev
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."— Roy Batty, Nexus-6 Replicant, Blade Runner (1982)(2026-Nov-08) Yep,...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Too Many Choices
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Table Partitioning in SQL Server: A Practical Guide to Managing Very Large Tables (VLDBs)
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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