Cloning SQL Servers to a Test Environment
I’ve been involved in a project to set up a full test environment of dozens of SQL Servers. The requirements...
2012-11-08 (first published: 2012-11-05)
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Chad Miller
Scripting SSIS Package Deployments
Before I delve into the subject of scripting SSIS package deployments, I’m going to take a slight detour and explain...
2012-11-06
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Using Invoke-WebRequest
The website PowershellCommunity.org is moving to a new site poweshell.org and I wasn’t sure the old forum posts will be...
2012-10-26
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Upcoming Fall Events
During September/October I’ll be presenting at several in-person events:
Tampa IT Pro Camp
Join system administrators and IT professionals for the Tampa...
2012-09-09
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South Florida IT Pro Camp 2012 Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Storing PowerShell Output session at South Florida IT Pro Camp 2012.
2012-07-22
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Jacksonville IT Pro Camp 2012 Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Integrating SQL Server PBM with SCOM session at Jacksonville IT Pro Camp 2012.
2012-06-19
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Jacksonville IT Pro Camp
Join system administrators and IT professionals for the Jacksonville IT Pro Camp on Saturday, June 16th, 2012.
IT Pro Camps are...
2012-06-03
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Appending New Rows Only
I saw a question in the forums related to inserting new rows into a SQL Server table only if they...
2012-04-27
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Backup Database Object
I saw this question in one of forums on backing up i.e. scripting out a database object. The problem is...
2012-04-17
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Table-Valued Parameter Example
I wanted show someone how to use table-valued parameters available in SQL Server 2008 and higher. The main use case...
2012-04-13
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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