SSIS Training class by Andy Leonard
Andy Leonard (b | t | l | f) of Linchpin People, has announced a new training class called ‘From Zero to SSIS‘. The first class...
2014-01-30
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Tim Radney
How to reset the SA password in SQL Server
Getting locked out of a SQL Server can happen in a number of ways. You could inherit a server that...
2013-11-28 (first published: 2013-11-21)
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Children at Technical Conferences
I have had the pleasure of taking my son with me on a number of trips where I was a...
2013-10-22
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Recovering the tail end of the transaction log
Knowing a great deal about backup and recovery is key to any DBA’s career. Most of us fully understand the...
2013-10-02
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Why I am not an MVP
On October 1st the emails went out notifying existing MVP’s in the Oct cycle if they were fortunate enough to...
2013-10-02
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PASS Elections part two
Tim Ford is running for a seat on the PASS Board of Directors and has my vote. Yes I think...
2013-09-24
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PASS Elections
I as well as many others have a decision to make on who I am voting for the PASS Board...
2013-09-23
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Get OS Counter Memory Available Mbytes Using TSQL
I have been working recently in making sure that max memory is configured for the hundred plus database servers I...
2013-09-20
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Professional Etiquette When Sending Mass Email – Use BCC:
<begin soap box rant>
Time and time again I find myself having to email people to remind them about how and...
2013-08-30
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SQL in the City 2013 US Tour
It was a huge honor to be chosen for the 2013 US tour of SQL in the City. Red Gate...
2013-08-30
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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