One SQL Cheat Code For Amazingly Fast JSON Queries
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Recently I've been working with JSON in SQL Server 2016 a lot.
One of the hesitations many people have with using JSON in SQL Server...
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How to write understandable code for your future self
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2017-04-18
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Will Technology Eliminate Your Tech Job?
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2017-04-11
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[Video] JSON Usage and Performance in SQL Server 2016
Last night I had the privilege to present to the Ohio North SQL Server User Group about JSON in SQL Server 2016. There was a great crowd present (they...
2017-04-05
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Who Stuck These Letters In My DateTimes?
Parsing, creating, and modifying JSON in SQL Server 2016 is really easy. JSON dates and times are not.
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2017-03-28
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C#'s foreach ruined my afternoon
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2017-03-21
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When Is It Appropriate To Store JSON in SQL Server?
Every once in a while I hear of some technologist say that relational databases are dead; instead, a non-table based NoSQL storage format is the way of the future....
2017-03-14
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The Ultimate SQL Server JSON Cheat Sheet
This post is a reference of my examples for processing JSON data in SQL Server. For more detailed explanations of these functions, please see my post series on JSON...
2017-03-07
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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