The April Energy Update
The bimonthly update on energy news from Steve Jones, focusing mostly this month on wind power.
2008-04-22
484 reads
Editorial - WMV
Table Level Access
Some of the features that seem to make LINQ very attractive also seem to require granting table level access to data, something Steve Jones doesn't like.
2008-04-21
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The Inmates in Charge
What happens if you allow people to be in control of their own computers? Are we putting the inmates in charge of the asylum?
2008-04-20
28 reads
Sun Invests, IBM Invests, MS ??
The other major database vendors have been making investments by purchasing database related companies, but what has Microsoft done?
2008-04-15
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2008-04-14
32 reads
Bloated
What is going on with all this production data? Steve Jones talks about the need to manage data growth and is it really worth the resources.
2008-04-13
39 reads
Behind the Curtain
Commentary on the database related news of the past week. SQL Server 2008 Certification, deep inside SQL Server and the Library of Congress.
2008-04-12
39 reads
Historical Dollars
Tracking your salary over time might be a fun, or not so fun, endeavor for a DBA. However should anyone else know what your trend is? Steve Jones asks the question this week.
2008-04-10
38 reads
The Social Mesh
Steve Jones talks about some research from Dr. Cross, a professor from his alma mater, into social networks and how work gets done in a company.
2008-04-09
41 reads
The Feature Debate
Is SQL Server keeping up with MySQL or is it the other way around. Steve Jones comments on a few of the differences in the platforms.
2008-04-08
38 reads
Blogs
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? - T-SQL Tuesday #204
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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Slow - Linked server query
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Too Many Choices
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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