Resources from the PASS community this coming month
Even though it is December, I noticed a lot going on for FREE in the PASS Microsoft Data Technology community....
2017-11-30
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Blog Posts
Sessions, Temporary Objects, and the Afterlife
For thousands of years theologians have offered various thoughts on the question of what happens when we die. Does some...
2017-11-30 (first published: 2017-11-20)
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SQL in the City 2017
It’s almost time for SQL in the City 2017, coming Dec 13, live from Cambridge, UK. I’ll be traveling over...
2017-11-30
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SQL Server Data Tools 2017 and TFS Integration
I’ve blogged a while back on how SSIS 2017 was finally here. Not much has changed; there is still no...
2017-11-30
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Upgrading an expired SQL Server 2016 Evaluation Edition
It's happened to almost everyone. Someone installs Evaluation Edition and now you need to upgrade
it to a licensed copy using...
2017-11-30
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Using Common Table Expression (CTE) - Did you know...
Today I will write just a short blog post to do a quick reminder!
I still hear a lot of people suggesting CTEs because they think it works like a...
2017-11-30
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Using Common Table Expression (CTE) – Did you know…
Today I will write just a short blog post to do a quick reminder! I still hear a lot of...
2017-11-30
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Adaptive Query Processing and Automatic Tuning - Adaptive Joins - 2
Continuing from the introduction written over here, let’s look at one of the aspects of Adaptive Query Processing which is Adaptive Joins.Before we start Adaptive Joins, SQL Server's Query...
2017-11-29
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Adaptive Query Processing and Automatic Tuning - Adaptive Joins - 2
Continuing from the introduction written over here, let’s look at one of the aspects of Adaptive Query Processing which is...
2017-11-29
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Adaptive Query Processing and Automatic Tuning - Adaptive Joins - 2
Continuing from the introduction written over here, let’s look at one of the aspects of Adaptive Query Processing which is Adaptive Joins.Before we start Adaptive Joins, SQL Server's Query...
2017-11-29
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Blogs
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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