Interactive query experience for SQL databases
This is a new feature where you can issue TSQL commands via a TSQL editor straight from the Azure portal,...
2017-01-25
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Arun Sirpal
Using Extended Events Telemetry Session
You are probably wondering what this is, quite honestly I was wondering too. Well it is an extended events session...
2017-01-23
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MVPs
I was having a conversation with Oracle professionals the other day and they started to discuss the Oracle ACE program...
2017-01-20
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SQL database built-in intelligence
I sometimes forget that Microsoft watches out for us by proactively looking at the behaviour of our SQL databases in...
2017-01-18
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Looking at wait stats differently with SQL 2016
Wait statistics is a great place to start looking into performance issues. Normally people would issue commands/queries based on sys.dm_os_wait_stats...
2017-01-16
628 reads
Checking Time Zones in SQL Server
I was building some basic queries around time zone manipulation and I am happy to say that I enjoyed myself...
2017-01-13
1,324 reads
I used to shrink my databases!
This is an entry level post and a response to SQLEspresso’s blog challenge(http://sqlespresso.com/2017/01/10/ooops-was-that-was-me-blog-challenge) where we share mistakes from our “younger”...
2017-01-11
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SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests
T-SQL Tuesday #86: SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests hosted by Brent Ozar. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/01/announcing-t-sql-tuesday-87-sql-server-bugs-enhancement-requests/ I did not want to miss out...
2017-01-10
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Clearing Plan Cache in SQL Database (Azure)
Sometimes when in a testing mode I do like to clear cache within my SQL database (Azure). Nowadays a lot...
2017-01-05
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Checking DBCC CHECKDB
I hope you run consistency checks on your databases, if you are not currently doing this you probably will want to....
2017-01-03
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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...
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
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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;
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