Rows or Range, What’s the difference ?
With the release of Denali CTP3 came an extension of the over clause to allow for a sliding window of...
2011-09-22
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Dave Ballantynes blog
Unleashing my inner Viking, SQLBits and more…
In case you didn't know SQLBits 9 ,”Query across the Mersey”, is taking place in Liverpool from September 21st to...
2011-08-31
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Rolling your own index lookups
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been training developers in what they really need to know about SQL Server to...
2011-08-01
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Denali–IIF and CHOOSE
In Denali CTP3, we have a new of new functions to play with. For this post, im going to focus...
2011-07-19
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Non use of persisted data – Part deux
In my last blog I showed how persisted data may not be used if you have used the base data...
2011-06-20
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Itzik Ben-Gan is in town
Not that you would know it from the page below, but Itzik Ben-Gan is back in London to do a...
2011-06-17
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Non use of persisted data
Working at a client site, that in itself is good to say, I ran into a set of circumstances that...
2011-06-13
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Column order can matter
Ordinarily, column order of a SQL statement does not matter.
Select a,b,c
from table
will produce the same execution plan as Select c,b,a
from...
2011-06-06
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Kent .Net/SqlServer User Group – Upcoming events
At the Kent user group we have two upcoming events. Both are to be held at F-Keys Training suite http://f-keys.co.uk/...
2011-06-05
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SqlHerts–26th May 2011
Thanks to those who turned out to see my presentation at SqlHerts on Thursday 26thMay. Its a true pleasure to...
2011-05-29
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Blogs
Choosing to not drive the Tesla
By Steve Jones
I started a short thread on Twitter/X and Bluesky recently after leaving the Tesla...
Advice I Like: Transactions and Relationships
By Steve Jones
Life gets better as you replace transactions with relationships. – from Excellent Advice for...
Free PostgreSQL Performance Monitoring with pgNow
I’ve been putting together a new PostgreSQL session called “Performance Monitoring for the Absolute...
Forums
Limits, Not Goals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Limits, Not Goals
Making Additions and Changes; Getting Error Preventing Them
MS SQL Server/SSMS are my tools. As my project evolves I find I need...
SSL Certificate Chain
SSL Certificate Chain Not Trusted Error in SQL Server Connection in Power BI I’m...
Question of the Day
Precision and Scale II
What is the precision, length, and scale for an int variable?
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