Gaps and Islands Across Date Ranges
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In a traditional gaps and islands problem, the goal is to identify groups of continuous data sequences (islands) and groups of data where the...
2019-03-12
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Bert Wagner
COUNT, DISTINCT, and NULLs
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One thing I see fairly often (and am occasionally guilty of myself) is using COUNT(DISTINCT)...
2019-03-05 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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Time Zones and Daylight Saving Time
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AT TIME ZONE is great because it makes it easy to perform daylight saving time and time zone conversions in our queries.
However, when using AT...
2019-03-05
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Why make?
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #111 prompt by Andy Leonard. T-SQL Tuesday is a way...
2019-03-01 (first published: 2019-02-12)
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Searching Complex JSON Data
Watch this week’s video on YouTubeComputed column indexes make querying JSON data fast and efficient, especially when the schema of...
2019-02-26
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Searching Complex JSON Data
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Computed column indexes make querying JSON data fast and efficient, especially when the schema of the JSON data is the same throughout a table.
It's...
2019-02-26
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COUNT, DISTINCT, and NULLs
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One thing I see fairly often (and am occasionally guilty of myself) is using COUNT(DISTINCT) and DISTINCT interchangeably to get an idea of the...
2019-02-19
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Parsing HTML in SQL Server
Recently I was asked how to parse text out of an HTML fragment stored in SQL Server.
Over the next few...
2019-02-12
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Parsing HTML in SQL Server
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Recently I was asked how to parse text out of an HTML fragment stored in SQL Server.
Over the next few seconds my brain processed...
2019-02-12
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Why make?
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #111 prompt by Andy Leonard. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...
2019-02-12
Blogs
Using Git Prune–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
As I’ve been working with SQL Saturday and managing changes to events, I’ve accumulated...
Microsoft Purview new data governance features
By James Serra
Starting last week is a rollout of the public preview of a new and...
SQL Database Administration: Not For Everyone (But Maybe It’s for You)
Let's get one thing straight: database administration isn't the most glamorous tech job out...
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Do I need a recursive query for this? bill of materials (sort of)
I am working on a data warehouse project for a bakery. For the most...
Do I need a recursive query for this? bill of materials (sort of)
I am working on a data warehouse project for a bakery. For the most...
Create Copy of DB in same server.
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Restoring the Resource Database
How can I restore a version of the Resource Database in SQL Server 2022?
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