2009-05-11
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T-SQL
2009-05-07
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2009-05-06
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Median Workbench
SQL Server database engine doesn't have a MEDIAN() aggregate function. This is probably because there are several types of median, such as statistical, financial or vector medians. Calculating Medians are essentially a row-positioning task, since medians are the middle value of an ordered result. Easy to do in SQL? Nope. Joe Celko explains why.
2009-05-06
2,024 reads
2009-05-05
4,802 reads
2009-05-04
4,510 reads
The Ultimate Running Requests Reporter
Reports all running requests along with the request's identifying information (SPID, login etc), current resource consumption, query batch text, statement text, and XML query plan.
2010-05-24 (first published: 2009-05-01)
5,348 reads
2009-05-01
4,501 reads
2009-04-30
4,069 reads
2009-04-29
4,511 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
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A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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