Re-blog – August 12-August 18
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-08-19
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StrateSQL
PASSMN Presentation – The Creepy DBA
Last night I spoke at the PASSMN August user group meeting. The topic was The Creepy DBA and how you...
2011-08-17
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Can You Dig It? – Researching Index Scans
Follow the rest of this series at the Can You Dig It? – Plan Cache series introduction post.
"She can dig it!"...
2011-08-12
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Re-blog – August 5-August 11
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Oddly enough,...
2011-08-11
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Re-blog – July 29-August 4
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-08-05
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August Monthly SQL Server Checklist
First day of the month and first Monday of the month. The list is coming out a bit late due...
2011-08-02
786 reads
Minnesota SQL Server Study Group (August)
Last month, I started using Meetup to schedule SQL Server Study Group events. The idea is to meet twice a...
2011-08-02
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Re-blog – July 22-July 28
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-07-29
1,516 reads
I’ve Got A “SQLSat” In Kalamazoo
Last night I received an e-mail letting me know that I’ll be presenting at SQL Saturday #84 in Kalamazoo, MI. ...
2011-07-22
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Re-blog – July 15-July 21
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Oddly enough,...
2011-07-22
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Blogs
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...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
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