SQL Server provides the RESTORE HEADERONLY command which helps users determine backup completion times. What if you have the need to use this completion time for comparison, perhaps to set up a job that only restores the file if it is xx hours old. This script can be used to determine the maximum backup finish […]
2002-12-04
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SQL Server provides a built-in stored procedure, sp_depends, that returns object dependencies. Recently, I discovered a need for determining dependencies on a table column, not just the table itself. For example, a table may be referenced by many stored procedures and views, but a specific column in that table may only be referenced in a […]
2002-12-03
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By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
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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