Restoring Master on a Windows 2019 / SQL Server 2019 Cluster
Howto restore master database on a Clustered SQL Server 2019 Instance
2021-04-08
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Articles
Five facts about the SQL Server Model Database
In this article we cover interesting facts about the SQL Server model database and how new databases inherit properties from the model database.
2021-04-08
Moving from application automation to true DevOps by including the database
This article explains the challenges of DevOps automation for databases, starting with how to manage the database, as a set of SQL scripts, in the version control system, and then how to start building an integrated and automated script pipeline for continuously testing and deploying database schema changes, alongside the application code.
2021-04-08
PowerShell editors and environments part 2
In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates two additional PowerShell editors: Azure Data Studio Notebooks and Visual Studio Code.
2021-04-07
Reading Stored Procedure Output Parameters in Azure Data Factory
This article will help you to work with Store Procedure with output parameters in Azure data factory.
2021-04-06
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3 steps to get started with Database DevOps
Once you’ve committed to changing your culture in order to automate your database deployments, what’s next? You’ve already done the hard part, making the decision to shift the culture. In this blogpost, Grant Fritchey explores three steps you can take next to begin your Database DevOps journey.
2021-04-06
Where I See Databases Going in the Next 10 Years
This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, Brent steps back and looks at the big picture.
2021-04-06
Migrating SSIS packages to Azure - Lift and Shift using Azure Data Factory
Unlike an on premises SQL Server, Integration Services (SSIS) works very differently on Azure. If there are requirements to run our existing SSIS packages on Azure, then we need to understand our options. In this article we will talk about our options for migrating SSIS to Azure and what components are required to migrate SSIS packages. […]
2021-04-05 (first published: 2021-03-22)
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Cherry-picking Migrations using Flyway
Describing the two main use cases for occasional "cherry picking" of Flyway database migration scripts: back-filling emergency production hotfixes to version control and managing parallel development streams.
2021-04-05
Query Audit data in Azure SQL Database using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
In this article we look at how you can user the Kusto Query Language (KQL) for querying Azure SQL Database audit data.
2021-04-05
Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
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I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Using OPENJSON
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Data Modeling with dbt for Visual Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers