Ed

Ed Leighton-Dick is a SQL Server performance and architecture expert and Founder/Principal Consultant of Kingfisher Technologies, a consultancy focused on SQL Server performance, architecture, and security. He is a frequent volunteer with PASS, including roles as regional mentor, chapter leader of I-380 PASS SQL Server User Group, and organizer of SQL Saturday Iowa City. He can often be found teaching sessions at local, regional, and national events, including user groups, SQL Saturday events, and Iowa Code Camp. Ed can be reached through his blog, edleightondick.com, and on Twitter at @eleightondick.

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SQLSaturday Phoenix

This weekend, I’m flying to Phoenix to be a part of SQLSaturday there. I will present two new sessions on...

2015-02-27

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Creating JSON I

On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:

SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver')
GO

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