Autogrow bug – fixed with Denali
Recently I ran into a bug related to autogrow of the log file. Because this was the second time I...
2011-08-23
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T-SQL Enhancements: OVER clause
With SQL Server Denali there has been made some improvements to the OVER clause, which I wasn’t even aware of...
2011-08-16
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Server Side Paging with new OFFSET feature in SQL Server Denali
Ever since I was a web developer back in the days, server side paging has been an issues. Back then...
2011-08-09
1,726 reads
LAG’n’LEAD – New T-SQL Features in SQL Server Denali CTP3
Are you tired of doing self joins, just to get the value of a column in the previus/subsequent row, or...
2011-08-02
1,710 reads
Optimize a query by thinking out of the box
Recently I had to create a simple query to lookup a single row in a table containing ranges that do...
2011-07-26
621 reads
SQL Server – SET STATISTICS [IO|TIME] ON
My colleagues and I often joke around with “If it takes less than a second, then it’s okay!”. The reason...
2011-07-19
1,459 reads
Which database is using all my CPU #2
A few weeks back we wrote about a query to tell you which database is using up most CPU time....
2011-07-12
1,482 reads
T-SQL Enhancement: EXECUTE WITH RESULT SETS
All developers know, that it is very important to encapsulate code in classes and methods to be able to reuse...
2011-07-05
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Which database is using all my CPU
We all know how easy it is to see how much CPU power is consumed by the SQL Server process,...
2011-06-28
1,655 reads
Index Rebuild progress v2
I have actually written about this subject earlier on my Danish blog (http://www.performanceduo.com/post/Index-Rebuild-progress.aspx), but last week when working on a...
2011-06-21
18,074 reads
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Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
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One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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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