Maintenance Plan mystery
Last week I had interesting (or I can say weird ? ) case of Maintenance Plan. One of the server that we...
2011-12-14
572 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #025 – How to view the size of all your databases – #TSQL2sDay
It’s that time of the month again, no not time, T-SQL time! If you have not heard of T-SQL Tuesday...
2011-12-13
888 reads
Adding Servers to SQL CMS (Central Management Server) using Powershell
One challenge I’ve had recently is getting a list of servers imported in to a CMS (Central Management Server). While...
2011-12-13
5,172 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #025 – Holiday Gifts
Tis the Season It is the season for TSQL Tuesday. More importantly it is the season for giving and reflection. And whether you celebrate Christmas or Chanukkah or Kawanzaa...
2011-12-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #025 – Holiday Gifts
Tis the Season
It is the season for TSQL Tuesday. More importantly it is the season for giving and reflection. And...
2011-12-15 (first published: 2011-12-13)
1,490 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #25 – T-SQL Tricks
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and this time Allen White (@SQLRunr | blog) is asking for your tricks. If you...
2011-12-16 (first published: 2011-12-13)
2,755 reads
SQL Saturday 99 – Emergent Networks Interview
Welcome to the fifth of a few sponsor interview posts from SQL Saturday 99. After reading Arnie Rowland’s (Blog | @ArnieRowland)...
2011-12-13
658 reads
The Shredder Challenge
The Shredder Challenge was a contest sponsored by DARPA to find ways of putting shredded documents back together. Take a...
2011-12-13
854 reads
CPU Count
I document the CPU Count for SQL Server inventory management.
Using a powershell script , iterate through all the SQL Servers and...
2011-12-13
1,012 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #025 – Share Your Tricks #TSQL2sDay
Another month and it’s another T-SQL Tuesday. This month we are being hosted by Allen White (Blog | @SQLRunr) and the...
2011-12-13
629 reads
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,...
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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