Unicode, Emojis and Databases Oh My!
Explore an easy method to create a table of all unicode (and emoji) characters to store within your database environment. This easy solution can save you a significant amount...
2020-01-06
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Jason Brimhall
When Too Much is Not a Good Thing
Explore how to avoid unwanted results that oft occur due to lack of attention to detail, use of internet examples, misunderstanding of the requirements; and always from granting way...
2020-01-06 (first published: 2019-12-13)
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Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
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2020-01-04
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Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
Related...
2020-01-04
111 reads
Creative XE Sessions – Funky Data
Playing around with emojis in a database is a fun endeavor. Not only is it fun to play with for personal growth, but it does have some business advantages.
Related...
2020-01-04
19 reads
Creative Extended Event Sessions
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Sometimes, a picture for an event session just may be able to say it better than 50-60 letters used to try...
2020-01-03
251 reads
Creative Extended Event Sessions
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Sometimes, a picture for an event session just may be able to say it better than 50-60 letters used to try...
2020-01-03
2 reads
Ad Hoc Queries Disabled
This article takes a look at an error that may occur depending on your use of linked servers and the use of openrowset.
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2020-01-02 (first published: 2019-12-20)
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Creative Database Naming
Every now and again, we as DBAs need to get away from the daily grind of the hum drum tasks. We need to find a way to have a...
2020-01-02
579 reads
Creative Database Naming
Every now and again, we as DBAs need to get away from the daily grind of the hum drum tasks. We need to find a way to have a...
2020-01-02
21 reads
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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;
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