{"id":464,"date":"2020-08-05T19:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2020-08-05T19:57:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:57:29","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"464\" class=\"elementor elementor-464\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a3b\" data-id=\"5a3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4613\" data-id=\"4613\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conor Cunningham<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6940 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6940\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40b4\" data-id=\"40b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6 elementor-posts--thumbnail-none elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"1a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pagination_type&quot;:&quot;numbers_and_prev_next&quot;,&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-386 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/new-blog-location\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tNew blog location\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Here is the new blog&nbsp; &#8211; please update those readers. http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/conor_cunningham_msft\/default.aspx I&#8217;m getting settled into<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/new-blog-location\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New blog location\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-387 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/my-blog-will-be-moving\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tMy blog will be moving\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>As I mentioned in my previous post, I&#8217;m going to be taking on a new<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/my-blog-will-be-moving\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about My blog will be moving\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-388 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/whats-conor-been-doing\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWhat&#8217;s Conor been doing?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Well, I can tell you that I&#8217;ve been doing a few things lately. 1. I&#8217;m<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/whats-conor-been-doing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What&#8217;s Conor been doing?\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-389 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-sql-server-2008\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/a-nice-msdn-article-on-sql-2008-data-warehousing\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tA nice MSDN article on SQL 2008 Data Warehousing\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/cc434693.aspx It covers some of the new features in SQL 2008 w.r.t. Data Warehousing. Conor<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/a-nice-msdn-article-on-sql-2008-data-warehousing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A nice MSDN article on SQL 2008 Data Warehousing\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-390 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-design\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/the-trouble-with-triggers\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Trouble with Triggers\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>(Apologies to Star Trek). I received a question about trigger performance, especially the do&#8217;s and<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/the-trouble-with-triggers\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Trouble with Triggers\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-391 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/outer-joins-and-on-clauses-vs-where-clauses\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tOuter joins and ON clauses vs. WHERE clauses\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>(I am still around &#8211; I&#8217;ve just been busy with a few personal projects of<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/outer-joins-and-on-clauses-vs-where-clauses\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Outer joins and ON clauses vs. WHERE clauses\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-392 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/contradictions-within-contradictions\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tContradictions within Contradictions\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>I had a question from a reader about contradiction detection. The basic idea is to<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/contradictions-within-contradictions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Contradictions within Contradictions\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-393 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-sql-server-2008\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/sql-2008-geometry-type-tidbits\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSQL 2008 Geometry type tidbits\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>I spent some time playing with the SQL 2008 geometry data type.&nbsp; This post will<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/sql-2008-geometry-type-tidbits\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about SQL 2008 Geometry type tidbits\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-394 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/count1-vs-countstar\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tCOUNT(1) vs. COUNT(star)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>A follow-up from my previous post. Is COUNT(1) faster than COUNT(*)? No, COUNT(1) is mapped<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/count1-vs-countstar\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about COUNT(1) vs. COUNT(star)\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-395 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/countstar-vs-countcolumn-vs-countdistinct-vs-countcol-over\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tCOUNT(star) vs COUNT(column) vs. COUNT(DISTINCT) vs. COUNT(col) OVER(&#8230;)\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>So COUNT isn&#39;t an operator, but you should view this post as a &quot;what is<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/countstar-vs-countcolumn-vs-countdistinct-vs-countcol-over\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about COUNT(star) vs COUNT(column) vs. COUNT(DISTINCT) vs. COUNT(col) OVER(&#8230;)\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-396 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-sql-server-2008\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/costing-and-statistics-continued\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tCosting and Statistics, continued&#8230;\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>I started off tonight playing with the new page compression feature.&nbsp; So far I like<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/costing-and-statistics-continued\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Costing and Statistics, continued&#8230;\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-397 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/conor\/statistics-damned-lies-and-statistics-what-is-statman\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tStatistics, Damned Lies, and Statistics &#8211; What is Statman?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>One of the areas I managed in SQL Server had to do with the code<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a 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