Identify Tables With Dropped Columns
On my last article - What happens when we drop a column on a SQL Server table? Where’s my space? - I have shown what happens when we drop...
2024-07-22 (first published: 2024-07-09)
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Blog Posts
Latest Update for Undercover Catalogue Powershell Interrogation Script
We’ve been hearing of a few people getting errors from the latest Undercover Catalogue, Powershell interrogation script. The issue seems to be happening when the scripts tries downloading automatic...
2024-07-22
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Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance for Administrators, a Book Review
I was asked to review the following book by the publisher, and I must say that it was a good experience for me. I used the book to help...
2024-07-22
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Monday Monitor Tips – Adding Redgate Monitor Custom Metrics from SQLMonitorMetrics
This post talks about adding custom metrics from the sqlmonitormetrics.com site automatically and how this works (and how it doesn’t). This is part of a series of posts on...
2024-07-22
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Set a Runtime Variable in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
Note: I DO NOT recommend this. Any changes to a pipeline should be in code and through a PR. That being said, I know this information is out there...
2024-07-22 (first published: 2024-07-05)
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A New Word: Solysium
solysium – n. the unhinged delirium of being alone for an extended period of time – feeling the hours stretch into days until a weird little culture begins to...
2024-07-19
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Not Selected for the PASS Data Community Summit 2024
I got this in an email about a week ago from the PASS Data Community Summit. There’s more to it, but essentially I submitted 3 talks (2 on deployments,...
2024-07-19 (first published: 2024-06-28)
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Only Capture Extended Events For a Given Time
It’s a great question. Let’s say you want to capture stored procedure completions. But, you only want to capture them between 3AM and 4AM. Can you do it? Output...
2024-07-19 (first published: 2024-07-01)
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25 Years of Redgate
I’m in Austin today, ready for the Redgate Software 25th Birthday celebration. The company started in 1999 and this is their 25th birthday. All of our offices are celebrating,...
2024-07-17
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Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Copilot is an app that uses AI to help you find information, create content, and get things done faster (see What Is Copilot? Microsoft’s AI Assistant Explained). Copilot is...
2024-07-17 (first published: 2024-07-10)
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Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Using OPENJSON
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Data Modeling with dbt for Visual Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers