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Pop Tarts and Hurricanes

Posted on August 24, 2011 by way0utwest

What do people buy most of before a hurricane? Wal-Mart determined that batteries are the number ones sales item before a hurricane, but the second most sold item was surprising: pop-tarts. That’s the type of intelligence that can come from … Continue reading →

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Computed Columns and CASE

Posted on August 23, 2011 by way0utwest

I wrote about computed columns recently, but I didn’t realize that a logical expression could be used here, such as a case statement, and misspoke in this thread on SSC. Fortunately someone corrected me and I decided to blog and … Continue reading →

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Help with testing Denali, SQL Server 11

Posted on August 23, 2011 by way0utwest

Earlier this week, Dan Jones, one of the Microsoft employees on the SQL Server team, wrote a blog post asking about testing the next version of SQL Server, Denali. Dan is trying to ensure that there are not surprises from … Continue reading →

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A Flock of SQL Servers

Posted on August 19, 2011 by way0utwest

Twitter is an amazing application. I still remember hearing about it in the spring of 2008 as some type of “let others know what you’re doing” service. It seemed a little silly to me and I couldn’t understand the value. … Continue reading →

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