Top 10 SQL #Awesomesauce for 2010
Here at MidnightDBA.com, we’re all about you! And us! It’s just us, and you. Which is why I’ve put together...
2011-01-10
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Jen McCown
RTFM365, Week 5
I’m trying to plan out this week better, and come at the RTFM readings with a sense of direction an...
2011-01-07
455 reads
Beginning Powershell Companion PDF
Howdy all…as is so often the case, I’m studying something – Powershell – and I’m in need of a reference to help...
2011-01-06
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Tech Books: Caveat Emptor
These days, we have a myriad of ways to judge whether any given product – like, say, a book on SQL...
2011-01-05
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Invitation to T-SQL Tuesday #014
Hello and welcome to the first T-SQL Tuesday of 2011!
2010 was a great year for T-SQL Tuesdays, dreamed up and...
2011-01-04
1,290 reads
Beginning Powershell Companion PDF
Howdy all…as is so often the case, I’m studying something – Powershell – and I’m in need of a reference to help...
2011-01-03
2,688 reads
RTFM365, Week 4
The days are just flying. I have to admit: I may have missed a day or two in the rush...
2011-01-03
491 reads
2010 PASS Summit Interviews
It’s entirely fair to say that the highlight of my professional year is the PASS Summit in Seattle, and the...
2010-12-30
1,796 reads
Quick Thoughts on Learning
I’m looking for the attribution for a quote – it’s something I first heard from Sean, and we say it all...
2010-12-29
503 reads
RTFM365, Week 3
Well, my brain has increased by 12.4% in terms of SQL knowledge this week, as a direct result of my...
2010-12-28
760 reads
Blogs
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...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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