Tomorrow, April 28, 2021, 12 PM EDT, I will be talking about meeting security benchmarks and compliance requirements with Microsoft SQL Server. Here is the registration link: Geek Sync...
2021-04-27
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I created a short YouTube video (20 minutes) that is a whiteboarding session that describes the five stages (ingest, store, transform, model, visualize) that make up a modern data...
2021-04-27
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I created a short YouTube video (20 minutes) that is a whiteboarding session that describes the five stages (ingest, store, transform, model, visualize) that make up a modern data...
2021-05-12 (first published: 2021-04-27)
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I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-04-27
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In SQL Server both the set and equality functions are handled by the equals sign (=). For example: Set Equality ... Continue reading
2021-05-10 (first published: 2021-04-27)
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I’m a native English writer/speaker. Some might debate how well I really know the language, but I am a native. I wasn’t a good student of languages. I struggled...
2021-05-10 (first published: 2021-04-26)
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In my last post I showed some shortcomings of Extended Events, however, it is possible to use Live Data with Azure. Let’s explore exactly how that works. To get...
2021-04-26
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I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-04-26
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(2021-Apr-23) Memory is an interesting thing, you may not remember all events from your past, but some sparking moments keep extending their bright beams of light. With the growing time...
2021-05-05 (first published: 2021-04-23)
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The pandemic of the last year has been a difficult time for many individuals and organizations. I know that I have had a number of ups and downs across...
2021-05-05 (first published: 2021-04-23)
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In Part 1, we saw how ‘Vamana’ represents vectors as nodes, connects them with...
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optional Parameter Plan Optimization in...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item AI Experience Gap that we...
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers