On the Advantages of DateTime2(n) over DateTime
Starting with SQL 2008, we database developers started becoming more familiar with datetime2. Sometimes folks need convincing though, so here...
2012-12-04
12,264 reads
Will Assaf
PowerPivot for Excel "Not loaded. The Managed Add-in Loader failed to initialize."
Error when trying to enable the PowerPivot for Excel add-in for Office 2010 reads:
"Not loaded. The Managed Add-in Loader failed...
2012-11-30
6,439 reads
Database Design Contest at the 2012 AITP Region 3 Student Conference
Had a great Friday in Lafayette, LA on the campus of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. 31 different teams submitted database...
2012-10-14
976 reads
Performance Tuning Presentation from October 2012 BRSSUG Meeting
Thanks to the 15+ folks who attended the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group meeting last night! I hope everyone...
2012-10-11
757 reads
How BETWEEN is inclusive
This is a old and simple one, but an important subtlety that TSQL developers must be aware of.
Using the BETWEEN...
2012-09-26
2,753 reads
SQL Server Best Practices for DMV's - Houston Tech Fest 2012
It is a pleasure meeting everyone today at Houston Tech Fest! The new facility is miles away - literally and figuratively...
2012-09-08
943 reads
SQL Agent Alerts - Severity Condition is NOT "greater than or equal to"
I ran into some bad training that had convinced a client sys admin that the SQL Agent Alerts had the...
2012-08-20
2,267 reads
Actual Emails: The Customer Doesn't Want Full Recovery Mode
Got this question in an email. I'll paraphrase.
William Hoping you can advise me on best way to handle this. My client doesn’t...
2012-08-16
685 reads
SQL Saturday #150 Baton Rouge 2012
Baton Rouge SQL Saturday is Saturday, August 4!
We expect ~400 attendees at the brand new LSU Business Education Centre of...
2012-07-27
775 reads
SQL Server DBA Tool Kit
Right next to my batarang and bat-zip-line-hook-shooter-gun on my utility belt is my SQL Server DBA Tool Kit, full of...
2012-07-12
1,070 reads
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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Hiring: Financial SQL Systems Administrator
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Job Opening for ERP Systems Administrator - Hybrid
Employee owned company, been around for over 50 years. Hybrid opportunity, looking folks in Pacific...
data compare between 2 tables with same structure for any changes after etl run
i have huge table with lot of data and is also wide. i took...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers