A Basic Bot using Azure Bot Services
I wanted to break out my comfort levels and do something different from Azure SQL Database or straight SQL Server....
2017-12-19
576 reads
Arun Sirpal
Moving to an Azure SQL Database via Command Line
I have moved many databases to Azure via different methods but I recently came across a new way. Well technically...
2017-12-19 (first published: 2017-12-07)
1,553 reads
SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB – Going Parallel
DBCC CHECKDB has the ability to perform parallel checking of objects. However, it absolutely depends on the edition of SQL...
2017-12-18
317 reads
Azure SQL Database – Using sp_BlitzIndex
I was doing some normal activities on one of my Azure SQL Databases, I went to make a cup of...
2017-12-14 (first published: 2017-12-05)
1,692 reads
SQL Server Failed to Open Loopback Connection – What?
I could not read my error log on one of my local SQL Servers, when I executed the following code:
EXEC...
2017-12-12
816 reads
I have a new Passion
Yes, I like to blog, maybe slightly more on Azure than SQL Server. I enjoy it and it probably explains...
2017-11-28
357 reads
Azure SQL Database – Service Tiers
Naturally the cost of Azure SQL Database directly relates to what tier and performance level you are using. Starting from...
2017-11-23
488 reads
SQL Server – DBCC CHECKTABLE
If you know about DBCC CHECKDB then most likely you will know about DBCC CHECKTABLE. Quite simply this command performs...
2017-11-20
449 reads
SQL Server 2017 – Interleaved Execution
I worked on testing interleaved execution with Microsoft back in January, I didn’t do much, just tested the functionality against...
2017-11-20 (first published: 2017-11-09)
848 reads
Azure SQL Database Alerting
It’s good to be proactive and one way is to setup alerts and it is no different when using Azure...
2017-11-16
504 reads
Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers