Does sp_rename on a column preserve the ms_description?
Did some checking as couldn't find help in the MSDN documentation. My test on SQL 2016 shows that since the...
2016-08-15
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Does sp_rename on a column preserve the ms_description?
Did some checking as couldn't find help in the MSDN documentation. My test on SQL 2016 shows that since the...
2016-08-15
397 reads
Regex With SQL Server - SQLSharp
In the context of my developer machine, I had log files I wanted to parse through. I setup a log...
2016-08-11
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Improvements with SSMS 2016
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2016-07-19 (first published: 2016-07-11)
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Glasswire: (Giveaway Included) Networking Monitoring even a caveman could use
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SQL Compare 12: Initial Look
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2016-06-25
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OmniCompare: A free tool to compare SQL Instances
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2016-06-22 (first published: 2016-06-14)
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SSMS Tools Pack - A Handy Tool for generating CRUD
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2016-06-17
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The Mysterious Black Box of R - For the SQL Server Guy
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2016-05-20 (first published: 2016-05-14)
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Continual Deployment of Visual Studio SqlProj
Unveil the inner workings of the esoteric build system...
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2016-05-16
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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