Key Sets, or Inverted Keys - defining a key as a set of tuples
TL;DR:
I have been doing a lot of thinking about data models for the last couple of weeks. I have, just...
2017-12-19
472 reads
Login failed for 'NTAUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON' - the fix you probably haven't tried yet
Just a quick one today. TL;DR: Remove yourself from some unnecessary AD groups.
If you've ever received the message "login failed...
2017-11-24 (first published: 2017-11-12)
3,366 reads
Login failed for 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON' - the fix you probably haven't tried yet
If you're seeing this for the second time, my apologies. I wanted to update the title but had to delete...
2017-11-13
3,020 reads
Improving instead-of-insert cardinality estimates for inserted and deleted pseudotables in SQL 2014+
Tricky triggers
In my last entry I noted that the performance of "instead-of" triggers can be tricky.
One of the reasons for...
2017-11-07
572 reads
SOA and message based integration - the challenge of bulk data changes
I'm working on problems of enterprise data integration in the role of enterprise architect, but I am and have been...
2017-11-06 (first published: 2014-11-19)
6,374 reads
An attempt at creating a "universal", set-oriented, near-real-time ODS ETL interface
Defining the Problem
Imagine I have two different systems - say, a CRM and an ERP - on different SQL Servers. Both systems...
2017-11-05
475 reads
Getting Backup File Information from a Table Valued UDF - SQLCLR to the Rescue?
Update:
After all of this SMO stuff failed (changing the permission set to unsafe got around the security exception, but instead...
2011-06-15
1,484 reads
Things That Should Be In TSQL
Relation Types
create type type_T(i int primary key clustered, j int check (j > 0)) -- relation type. Includes constraints!
create table T(type_T)
Relvar Assignment
This...
2011-06-15
957 reads
SSMSDeploy 1.5 Available: new configuration form and highly tweaked request list
SSMSDeploy version 1.5 is ready. This one has a LOT of GUI tweaks. No database changes in this one, so...
2011-01-22
960 reads
SSMSDeploy 1.1 Now Available
Fixed a couple of issues and made some GUI tweaks. Please see the download page for the latest version, and...
2011-01-20
712 reads
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers