The PIVOT function is very useful but not easily understood at first. I thank Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka and Ron Talmage and their study guide Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for the brilliant explanation. Here’s their example replicated here. Remember there are 3 columns used in PIVOT. The Grouping column is what you […]
Book Review: Big Red - Voyage of a Trident Submarine
I've grown up reading Tom Clancy and probably most of you have at least seen Red October, so this book caught my eye when browsing used books for a recent trip. It's a fairly human look at what's involved in sailing on a Trident missile submarine...
2009-03-10
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