SQLRelay UK
With the Olympics coming to the UK next year what better way to get into the spirit of things than...
2011-08-23
598 reads
John Sansom
Outstanding DBAs Make Relationships a Priority
In our open all hours global working world, do you ever wonder if perhaps the technology that is supposed to...
2011-08-22
1,022 reads
5 Ways to Be a More Effective DBA Today
Regular readers will now that I like to talk (quite a lot) about how we can be more effective as...
2011-07-11
1,442 reads
Look How Far You Have Come
A reader wrote to me over the weekend, seeking advice on behalf of their friend, who had been feeling deflated...
2011-06-27
856 reads
Too Many Disasters To Choose From (T-SQLTuesday)
I’m ashamed to admit that somehow this months T-SQL Tuesday has completely blindsided me, which is kind of ironic really when you consider...
2011-06-14
451 reads
SQL Server Instant File Initialization (PQW)
Bluntly put, this is something that you always want to be taking advantage of.
As a Database Administrator I’m always on...
2011-06-13
659 reads
Part 1: The Database Administrator's Primary Responsibility
SQL Server Essentials Part 1: A look at the key responsibility of a DBA and why it is so vital.
2011-06-10 (first published: 2009-09-14)
24,204 reads
Is There Something Wrong With The Database?
I can think of no other simple phrase that has the same pent up potential to ignite the most colourful...
2011-06-05
584 reads
Start All Your Meetings in Pole Position
Let’s face it, a lot of us don’t enjoy attending meetings and can often find them to be a bit...
2011-05-31
1,825 reads
Your DBA Role is Changing. Are you Ready?
Where do you see yourself in the future? Are you working at the same company, are you working in a...
2011-05-24
1,095 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
What DevOps Look Like in Microsoft Fabric
By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
Forums
Can an Azure App Service Managed Identity be used for SQL Login?
I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this from digging into it yesterday,...
Azure Synapse database refresh
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
how to write this query?
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers