Speaking at Events
G’day, I recently got the opportunity to speak at the “PASS Marathon, The New World of Data Privacy”. I had not spoken at a virtually event for quite some...
2019-05-28
6 reads
Marty
- Interests: Playing Guitar, Music Theory
- Website: http://martincatherall.com/
Azure Notebooks – a nice little tool.
Gday,
I’ve been playing with Azure notebooks lately and have found them invaluable as
A teaching aidA test sandboxI’ve been using Python...
2019-01-31
1,100 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #109 – Mentors and Mentees
G’day again,
So, it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, the blog party
started by Adam Machanic (
This time we're talking about people...
2018-12-11
167 reads
TSQL Tuesday #108 – Learning to Learn
G’day,
One attribute that I think is more relevant today than ever is to have a broad base of skills with...
2018-11-15
183 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 – We don’t need no Education! (or do we?)
TweetG’day,
Well, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time again -the blog party started by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and this month hosted by Mala Mahadevan. This...
2017-12-12
528 reads
Flexible connections and an old friend
TweetG’day,
Just lately I’ve found myself involved with an app that needed to run on a server and nearly always (although...
2017-11-26
444 reads
What would you tell your younger self?
TweetG’day,
Well, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time again -the blog party started by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and this month hosted by...
2017-07-11
625 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #90 – Shipping database changes
TweetG’day,
Well, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time again -the blog party started by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and this month hosted by...
2017-05-09
653 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #89 – New horizons and new opportunities!
TweetG’day,
TSQL Tuesday
I thought that I’d write a few words about this months T-SQL Tuesday -the blog party started by Adam...
2017-04-11
973 reads
SQL Saturday South Island, New Zealand (SSSI)
TweetG’day,
Saturday 8th April 2017 will see the biggest ever SQL Saturday South Island New Zealand. The event started in 2013...
2017-03-28
956 reads
Blogs
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Daily aggregation of Azure Blob Storage by tier (created/tier-change/deleted)
Hello all, I’m looking for advice on how to derive a daily snapshot table...
SQL 2017 to SQL 2025. Good to Go ?
We need to replace our Windows server running SQL 2017. Any reason not to...
Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.[key]
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers