SQL Server A to Z – XML
I can’t believe it’s already December. This year has just flown by. The rush of holiday events has already started,...
2011-12-08
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DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 14
Part 1 of Question 14—The question.Part 2 of Question 14—The follow up to the question.This is a continuation of my...
2011-12-08
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SQL Saturday 99 – Data Education
Welcome to the third of a few sponsor interview posts from SQL Saturday 99. After reading Arnie Rowland’s (Blog | @ArnieRowland)...
2011-12-08
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When training is just that good!
I have the privilege of attending SQL Skills Immersion Event week one in Atlanta GA this week. My expectations were...
2011-12-08
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Book Review: Sixkill
Sixkill is the 39th Spencer novel, and the last that was written by Robert Parker before his death. The plot...
2011-12-08
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Junior DBA
At our company we have two DBAs to take care of all the databases in the production and QA. It...
2011-12-08
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The Day-to-Day Tasks of the Average DBA
DBAs (Database Administrators) perform many different tasks, and one way to explain what a DBA is, is to describe the...
2011-12-08
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First Blog Since the PASS Summit
The time following the PASS Summit has been absolutely crazy for me. Upon returning home I spent some much needed...
2011-12-08
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MCITP: 4 Down 0 To Go
Yay. I finally took the plunge and decided to take Exam 70-451. This is the MCITP exam for the SQL 2008 Dev track. Frankly, I had taken my time with...
2011-12-07
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MCITP: 4 Down 0 To Go
Yay. I finally took the plunge and decided to take Exam 70-451. This is the MCITP exam for the SQL...
2011-12-07
610 reads
Blogs
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,...
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
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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