October Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of the October and it’s time to do a monthly checkup. If you are like me,...
2011-10-03
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SQL Authentication – Forcing Password Changes
When you create a SQL Server login (with SQL authentication), you have the option of enforcing password policies from Windows...
2011-10-03
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Want to browse the web faster?
In our day-to-day activities, browsing the web is one of the most important aspects of our job. Whether researching for...
2011-10-03
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Networking
No, I’m not talking about hubs and switches. I’m talking about people. Networking is a major component of an event...
2011-10-03
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BI’s pretty boy goes down!
It?s never easy to beat up on a friend. Sometimes they have it coming though!.
The Webinar smackdown is over....
2011-10-03
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A "New Guy" Joins Our Team
It's a great day for me and Moulding and Millwork (the company I work for). A few weeks back, I...
2011-10-03
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It's NOT too late Win an iPad2 - Share you SQL Story!
Happy October!
Last month I announced a cool new SQL challenge to simply share your SQL Server Performance story with us,...
2011-10-03
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SQL Server Database SUSPECT state
According to BOL , a database in SUSPECT state is : “At least the primary filegroup is suspect and may be damaged....
2011-10-03
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Slides & Samples from my SQLbits sessions
As
I have announced in all of my sessions at the SQLbits conferences in Liverpool/UK,
you can find here the
Slides & Samples for...
2011-10-02
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SQL Saturday 85 Follow Up
Last weekend I travelled down to SQL Saturday 85 in Orlando, FL. Like all of the other events that I’ve...
2011-10-02
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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)
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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