PASS First Timers Guide
Hi there ho there everybody! I am now a Big SisterFearless Leader of a group of PASS Summit first timers!...
2011-09-17
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Jen McCown
PASS First Timers Guide and Schedule
Hi there ho there everybody! I am now a Big SisterFearless Leader of a group of PASS Summit first timers!...
2011-09-17
773 reads
PowerShell for the Easily Frustrated N00b, or, “A Simple and Useful Command”
The stupid, stupid Windows search (Start Menu > Search) doesn’t work on one of my computers (running WinXP Pro). Yes, I made...
2011-09-15
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Great Tools for Formatting T-SQL
I have a big rant I add to….well, to every single SQL session I give. That rant is on formatting...
2011-09-12
1,186 reads
Little Workaround in Report Manager
I had an issue this week in Report Manager. I was generating a report (we’ll call it General Widgets Report),...
2011-09-09
863 reads
I need #sqlhelp! BIDS shuts down unexpectedly
I have MS Visual Studio 2008 (BIDS) x86 with SP1. Recently it’s started shutting down without warning whenever I hit...
2011-09-08
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I need #sqlhelp! BIDS shuts down unexpectedly – SOLVED
Edit: See end of blog for solution.
I have MS Visual Studio 2008 (BIDS) x86 with SP1. Recently it’s started shutting...
2011-09-08
685 reads
SQL Education
They always used to tell us that education is important.
Education is (They said) key, in fact. We as a technical...
2011-09-05
468 reads
Applied SQL: Server Side Traces
It’s time to get your server side trace on, with a little practical application!
I introduce this whole concept in Applied...
2011-08-29
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Applied SQL: sys.sql_modules
I introduce this whole concept in Applied SQL: You Have Homework. Find all assignments on the Applied SQL page.
Prerequisites: basic...
2011-08-18
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
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:...
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