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  • Reply To: Understanding Maximum Server Memory in SQL SERVER

    After reading this article, I'm left with more questions.

    What I took away was "It is important" and "set it to 75%".

    But I wonder:

    -why 75%?   is this MSFT guidelines on this? ...

  • Reply To: Tips to improve Power BI report appeal

    Agreed!  The goal is not 'pretty' , but 'have I communicated what is important?', and sometimes the 'boring' does the job better.  Yes, there are days when I wish I...

  • RE: Activity Monitor Empty

    I'm in the same boat.
    Activity Monitor in SSMS comes up... and the graphs at the top start to populate with data, but then they shop.
    I never get any...

  • RE: How do I remove zombie Business Intelligence Development Studio installed by SQL Server Express?

    Perfect post!

    This is exactly what I faced...

    A Business Intelligence installed by SQL Express 2008 R2, which won't work to open/read/create SSIS packets...

    which can't be re-installed by a...

  • RE: Bones of SQL – Grouping By User-Defined Calendar Periods

    ask the deep questions,

    massage the data,

    coax out of it what others can't get to,

    it's my job to know the database structure, where the data are coming from, where they...

  • RE: Bones of SQL – Grouping By User-Defined Calendar Periods

    Bob:

    Love it! so elegant.... thanks for sharing.

    Peter A.R. Johnson

    Data Therapist

    Federal Way Public Schools

    Federal Way, WA

  • RE: Are you a Data Scientist?

    My self appointed title is

    DATA THERAPIST

    It allows me to spark some interest in the greater organization, giving me a chance to promote my ability to generate visual answers, make...

  • RE: Arithmetic Operation Results

    Hugo Kornelis (5/28/2015)


    DataTherapist (5/28/2015)


    Say WHAT?!?

    Apparently I have NOT been around the block enough times, because this was new to me.

    I would have not suspected that 1/2 is NOT .5....!

    No small...

  • RE: Arithmetic Operation Results

    Say WHAT?!?

    Apparently I have NOT been around the block enough times, because this was new to me.

    I would have not suspected that 1/2 is NOT .5....!

    No small wonder that folks...

  • RE: Try Catch Throw

    TomThomson (5/26/2015)


    DataTherapist (5/26/2015)


    Ah, but I feel that all of your comments are missing the point of the question.

    I read it to mean 'pick one answer', because it didn't say 'pick...

  • RE: Try Catch Throw

    Ah, but I feel that all of your comments are missing the point of the question.

    I read it to mean 'pick one answer', because it didn't say 'pick two' or...

  • RE: Contiguous time slots

    There is only one FROM clause in the main query. The other FROM clauses are in sub-queries. Here is the code reformatted for better readability:

    ah yes, I didn't...

  • RE: Contiguous time slots

    I wandered into the SQL Server Newbies area to see what kinds of questions are showing up here.

    If this is 'Newbie', then I'm in trouble as a full time sql...

  • RE: ColumnStore index

    Columnstore indexes are ordered according to the compression algorithms. Sorting would eliminate many of the performance benefits.

    In addition in the create syntax you cannot specify any column, so it's impossible...

  • RE: ColumnStore index

    I don't understand why the 'physically stored' options is not considered one of the right answers.

    What's the fine details here that I'm missing?

    A clustered columnstore index is regulating how the...

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