Vinay Thakur


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Learning – Webcasts/Video

Learning for this week. http://www.pass.org/24hours/2017/security/Schedule.aspxhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/damian_widera/archive/2017/04/20/sql-server-2017-all-sessions-from-microsoft-data-amp-are-online-complete-list-of-links.aspx http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/2017/05/01/pass-appdev-recording-building-rest-api-with-sql-server-using-json-functions.aspx http://sqlblog.com/blogs/sergio_govoni/archive/2017/04/15/pass-business-analytics-marathon-march-2017-recordings-available.aspx http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/2017/03/31/the-recording-for-biml-in-the-enterprise-data-integration-lifecycle-is-available.aspx http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/2017/03/14/the-recording-for-the-ssis-catalog-compare-version-2-launch-event-is-available.aspx Free Microsoft books: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2017/07/11/largest-free-microsoft-ebook-giveaway-im-giving-away-millions-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-again-including-windows-10-office-365-office-2016-power-bi-azure-windows-8-1-office-2013-sharepo/

2017-05-21

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vNext has AG

Now vNext SQL Server on Linux supports Availability Group HA/DR functionality supported.   https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2017/02/17/sql-server-on-linux-mission-critical-hadr-with-always-on-availability-groups/    

2017-03-23

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SQL Server on Linux

Yes that is true, now SQL Server is on Linux. https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/sql-server/sql-server-vnext-including-Linux Download the public preview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/ I am learning it...

2017-02-04

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Question of the Day

Putting the Player with the Number

In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?

DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix',
@num VARCHAR = '10'

SELECT @player || @num

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