Monthly Archives: December 2015

Puzzled by T-SQL

Live blogging this a bit as I try things. This will update a bit, so you’ll have to read through. Adam Machanic posted this: T-SQL Puzzle-How many rows will this return? SELECT*FROM(VALUES(1),(2))AS x(i)WHERE EXISTS(SELECT MAX(i)FROM(VALUES(1))AS y(i)WHERE y.i=x.i) I was in … Continue reading

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What is DevOps?

There is a lot of confusion in the world about DevOps. Some of that might be because the concept hasn’t been well defined, or implemented, in many organizations. It might also be because other companies have been running as DevOps … Continue reading

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Ending My Loop in PowerShell Early

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as#SQLNewBloggers. I was modifying my PowerShell (PoSh) script to download SQL Saturday files recently to not re-download files. However when I … Continue reading

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Rethinking Hiring

We’ve had endless discussions here, and elsewhere on the Internet, about hiring qualified candidates. We’ve had conversations about interviewing unqualified candidates. There are also no shortage of talented people, evidenced by the the knowledge and code they share on the … Continue reading

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