The Face of BI for SQL Server
Donald Farmer recently left Microsoft, and he will be missed, but Steve Jones knows that there will be new faces to get to know.
2011-01-20
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Editorial
Skunk Works
The idea of a skunk works is to build a project that works under the radar, by a small and loosely organized group of people. Used to fuel innovation, this is an idea that you might apply to SQL Server BI projects.
2011-01-19
176 reads
Data Scientists
Would you want to be a data scientist? Are you one now? Steve Jones talks about this skill that we might appreciate in our daily work.
2011-01-18
425 reads
The Spring Semester
SQL University is kicking off their spring semester, and Steve Jones is looking to motivate you to participate.
2011-01-17
79 reads
ETL Security Holes
The growth of ETL processes and secondary systems for reporting, decision support and other analysis creates an issue. Steve Jones points out that we ought to be remembering that security needs to be applied to data, not just systems.
2011-01-17
240 reads
Scaling Up
Would you want to manage a VLDB? Or write the code for an application that uses one? This Friday Steve Jones asks the question of you.
2011-01-14
141 reads
Operating in Failure
Today we have an editorial from Sept 25, 2005 being republished as Steve is on vacation. This one talks about the need to expect failure in our systems and code for it.
2011-01-13
75 reads
The Importance of My Cloud Data
Steve Jones likes the cloud, but doesn't necessarily trust it. After a recent Hotmail outage, he outlines a potential issue that he sees with cloud computing.
2011-01-12
175 reads
NoSQL Basics
Today Steve Jones talks about NOSQL and why it might be important for SQL Server DBAs to understand more about it and be able to talk about when it is appropriate to use.
2011-01-11
704 reads
Building Better Communication Skills
Today Steve Jones reminds us that our communication skills are important. They are something that we use constantly at work and are worth developing.
2015-12-08 (first published: 2011-01-10)
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Which Result II
I have this code in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE SCHEMA etl;
GO
CREATE TABLE etl.product
(
ProductID INT,
ProductName VARCHAR(100)
);
GO
INSERT etl.product
VALUES
(2, 'Bee AI Wearable');
GO
CREATE TABLE dbo.product
(
ProductID INT,
ProductName VARCHAR(100)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.product
VALUES
(1, 'Spiral College-ruled Notebook');
GO
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE etl.GettheProduct
AS
BEGIN
exec('SELECT ProductName FROM product;')
END;
GO
When I execute this code as a user whose default schema is dbo and has rights to the tables and proc, what is returned? See possible answers