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Window Functions in SQL

(Joe Celko) Windowing functions were added to the ANSI/ISO Standard SQL:2003 and then extended in ANSI/ISO Standard SQL:2008. Microsoft was late to this game. DB2, Oracle, Sybase, PostgreSQL and other products have had full implementations for years. SQL Server did not catch up until SQL 2012. Bette

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BLU(e)! Cloud! In-Memory! FREE!!!

(Henrik Loeser) IBM has announced a so-called “IBM BLU Acceleration for Cloud”. Right now it is a technology preview and FREE to use. Thanks to the combination of the BLU Acceleration technology and Cognos it is powerful. Simplicity is guaranteed through the presence of many tools and the “load and