BI Pyramid (read categories of users in a BI solution)
Purpose of any business intelligence solution is to provide users information and enable them to make intelligent decisions that benefit their...
2011-11-01
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Fatal Error Emails This Morning…
So every morning I check my email on my phone. Normally, I don’t see any error emails from SQL Server...
2011-11-01
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Backup/restore/checkdb/shrinkfile progress
Have you ever wonderet how long you need to wait for a backup or restore command to complete? If you...
2011-11-01
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Being an Effective DBA Remotely
Do not let the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” apply to you.
As Data Professionals a lot of us...
2011-11-01
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Log file size after backup and restore
Quick summary of the post:
A restoration of a full database backup retains the log file size before restoration.
Now...
2011-11-01
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Four faces of an Employee
Whoever starts their career in any domain/technology, initially they will have two faces.
First face of an employee is to take...
2011-10-31
1,755 reads
Document Your Day
You should be documenting your day, your week, your month, on a regular basis. Take a few minutes when you...
2011-10-31
2,662 reads
Miss SQLBits 9? No problem, all videos are online
All the videos for this popular conference are online or will be soon (48 of them). Take a look at the...
2011-10-31
2,280 reads
The Showdown
Today we have a guest post from Steve Jones.
I survived SQL in the City in LA, and thanks to everyone...
2011-10-31
1,562 reads
PASS Board Of Elections: Rob Farley
Be Part Of The Solution, Not The Problem
<disclaimer >
Now that BoD season is in full swing and I’m not running for...
2011-10-31
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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...
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)
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Table Partitioning in SQL Server:...
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