Compression Performance with Low Key Selectivity
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] When it comes to enabling data compression in SQL Server I suspect most people don’t do a lot of testing as to the impacts of...
2016-03-15
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SQL Filegroup/File Proportional Fill Algorithm
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I had a question at work recently where there was some confusion around how SQL...
2016-03-02 (first published: 2016-02-24)
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SQL Filegroup/File Proportional Fill Algorithm
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] I had a question at work recently where there was some confusion around how SQL Server allocates data across data files within a filegroup...
2016-02-24
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A “Business Intelligence” (BI) Definition
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Over the years I have presented many times to various clients describing Business Intelligence (BI) solutions...
2016-01-19 (first published: 2016-01-11)
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SQL Saturday Melbourne (#464) – 20 Feb 2016
For those not aware SQL Saturday is coming to Melbourne on Sat 20 Feb 2016.
SQL Saturday is an excellent free learning...
2016-01-18
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SQL Saturday Melbourne (#464) – 20 Feb 2016
For those not aware SQL Saturday is coming to Melbourne on Sat 20 Feb 2016. SQL Saturday is an excellent free learning resource for all things SQL Server – all costs are...
2016-01-18
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A “Business Intelligence” (BI) Definition
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Over the years I have presented many times to various clients describing Business Intelligence (BI) solutions using the Microsoft BI solutions stack. In all of...
2016-01-11
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Calculating Table Partition Sizes in Advance
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Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 7.
The partitioning includes several major...
2015-11-30 (first published: 2015-11-23)
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Calculating Table Partition Sizes in Advance
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 7. The partitioning includes several major components of work (and can be linked...
2015-11-23
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Implementing Partition Aware Index Optimisation Procedures
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Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 6.
The partitioning includes several major...
2015-11-09
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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...
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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
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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