SQL Server 2016 Row Level Security In Action
Row Level security was introduced with SQL Server 2016 and allows us to specify predicates for what rows can be...
2017-06-07
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Gavin Draper
SQL Server 2016 What's New With TSQL
DROP IF EXISTS
This allows us to drop objects without first having to check if they exist. It works on pretty...
2017-06-06
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SQL Server Application Roles
If you’re using Windows Authentication then you probably have a database user for each user of your application or at...
2017-06-05
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SQL Server Debugging BAD_PAGE_PROCESS Waits
I was recently debugging a slow running SQL instance, when checking the wait stats I noticed a lot of BAD_PAGE_PROCESS...
2017-06-03
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SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking In Action
One of the new features SQL Server 2016 introduced is Dynamic Data Masking. This feature allows sensitive data to be...
2017-06-01
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SQL Server Parameter Sniffing In Depth
If you’ve ever searched for SQL Server parameter sniffing you’ve probably read all sorts of bad things about it. In...
2017-05-31
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SQL Server Filtered Indexes By Example
What Are Filtered Indexes
Filtered indexes are essentially an index with a predicate on them filtering the data that gets stored...
2017-05-30
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SQL Server Window Functions in Action
SQL Server Window Functions were introduced in SQL Server 2005 with a basic set of operators and massively upgraded in...
2017-05-23
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Introduction To SQL Server Statistics
SQL Server statistics are often thought of as a bit of a black box, this is completely not the case...
2017-05-22
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SQL Server Clustered & NonClustered Indexes Explained
When using row level indexes there are two types Clustered and NonClustered both of which are there to make data...
2017-05-16
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ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Level 28: DAX Text Functions: The DAX Extract & Modify Functions: LEFT(), RIGHT(), MID(), REPLACE(), SUBSTITUTE()
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Creating JSON I
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Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers