Physical Servers What are They?
Today I'm in the process of installing some physical servers. To put this into perspective due to the companies I...
2011-11-09
527 reads
Book Review: Moneyball
With the movie coming out I realized somehow I’d missed reading Moneyball by Michael Lewis. It’s the story of how...
2011-11-09
697 reads
SQL Inspiration 3-days away! Last Chance! Registration CLOSING TODAY!!
Happy, Wednesday folks! We're 3-days away from SQLInspiration, and that is the event we've been reading about for some months...
2011-11-09
1,307 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #024 – Using SYSTEMRESTRICTSCHEMA Function in MDX to Query DMVs
T-SQL Tuesday #024 – Using SYSTEMRESTRICTSCHEMA Function in MDX to Query DMVs
This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #024, hosted...
2011-11-08
1,799 reads
SQL Saturday #99 Minnesota on Friday 11/11/11
SQL Saturday 99 on Friday is upon us. I look forward to seeing you at the event. For details check...
2011-11-08
411 reads
PASS Board Of Directors Interview
I had my telephone interview for the PASS Board of Directors this afternoon and I'm cautiously optimistic that I did...
2011-11-08
639 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #024: Prox ‘n’ Funx
Functions are very handy. They can also prove to be the cause of poor performance (such as was the case with that string splitter). When used appropriately, you can...
2011-11-08
12 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #024: Prox ‘n’ Funx
I find myself just now sitting down to write this as the deadline for TSQL Tuesday 24 fast approaches. Fortunately...
2011-11-08
668 reads
Quite a salary
If this article is true, and I suspect it is for some software engineers, why aren’t more people learning programming?
I...
2011-11-08
1,068 reads
My Playbook For Putting On a SQLSaturday Part 1
The Long Road
I am going to post this as a series covering, in detail, everything humanly possible about the logistics...
2011-11-08
1,295 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