SSRS – KPIs without Analysis Services
During a recent project I was asked if it was possible to simulate Key Performance Indicator (KPI) images in SQL...
2010-03-01
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Patrick LeBlanc
Upcoming SQL Lunch Webinars
If you haven’t attended a SQLLunch, I suggest that you put this upcoming lunch on your schedule. Brad McGehee, SQL...
2010-02-24
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SQL Server 2008 - Adding Row Totals
During a recent client engagement I was asked if there was a quick way to add a row containing totals...
2010-02-22
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Free SQL Server Webinar Series
Are you new to SQL Server?Do you want to learn about its many features and capabilities? If so, please join...
2010-02-20
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Reporting Services Switch Function
Recently a client requested to create a Reporting Services expression that emulated the CASE WHEN statement from T-SQL. The expression...
2010-02-19
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Reporting Services - Disable Loop Back Check
I have been installing and configuring SSRS since the initial release. I have always encountered several different caveats when upgrading...
2010-02-17
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Set your Warehouse Database to Read Only
In most environments new data is added to the data warehouse daily, weekly or even monthly.Even further, these changes typically...
2010-02-15
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Technet and MSDN coming to Baton Rouge
On March 4th Microsoft will be hosting two half-day events in Baton Rouge, LA.These free live learning sessions will explore...
2010-02-15
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Recap - SQL Saturday #32 Tampa
This past weekend I was a presenter in two sessions at the SQL Saturday in Tampa.First, I just want to...
2010-01-24
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PASS Virtual Meeting - Zero to Cube in 60 Minutes
PASS Virtual Meeting
Speaker: Adam Jorgensen
Topic: Zero to cube in 60 Minutes
Date and Time: 1/22/2010 12:00 PM EST
Meeting URL: Join Meeting
Description:...
2010-01-21
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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