Sub query pass through
Occasionally in forums and on client sites I see conditional subqueries in statements. This is where the developer has decided...
2013-03-26 (first published: 2013-03-22)
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Dave Ballantyne
SQL Saturday 194
On the weekend of the 9th March 2013, the second SQL Saturday in the UK occurred. A massive thank you...
2013-03-12
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A year of SQL Lunchs
Time does fly, and happy birthday SQL Lunch UK.
It has been a year since the first SQLLunch UK, and over...
2013-02-17
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Deploying SSRS artefacts using Powershell ( Simply)
As ive stated in the past, i’m presently part of a team on an ALM project for a major UK...
2013-02-12
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Photo cataloguer
If you are anything like me, by know you will have a few thousand digital images spread across multiple directories...
2013-01-20
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Scaling out SQLLunch UK
As you may be aware, I have been running a lunch time user group ‘SQLLunch UK’ having stolen drawn inspiration...
2013-01-11
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SSDT – TSQL Unit testing in multiple environments
Late in December, one the long awaited portions of functionality inside SSDT was released to an eager public, that being...
2013-01-07
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When is a whitespace not a whitespace ?
As I'm sure I must have mentioned in the past, I’m presently involved in a large ALM project at a...
2013-01-04
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My new favourite traceflag
As we are all aware, there are a number of traceflags. Some documented, some semi-documented and some completely undocumented. Here...
2012-12-06
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SQL Saturday 194 - Exeter
Many kudos goes to Jonathan and Annette Allen and the others on the team for confirming SQL Saturday 194 in...
2012-12-06
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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
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:...
Creating JSON III
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Creating JSON III
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