DBAs, Give Git a Try – Getting Started
One of the really interesting things over the last decade is both the rise of Git as the main VCS system for most projects, and the number of people...
2024-02-14 (first published: 2024-01-31)
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Blog Posts
Fabulous Stuff in Fabric – Part 4: The Office365 Outlook Activity
A while ago I had a little blog post series about cool stuff in Snowflake. I’m doing a similar series now, but this time for Microsoft Fabric. I’m not going...
2024-02-14 (first published: 2024-02-12)
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sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one of more databases – Version 2.0
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, to easily create database snapshots. This new version adds more flexibility to the procedure, allowing you to specify the...
2024-02-14 (first published: 2024-02-01)
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SQL Saturday ATL – BI Recap
First of all, wow! What an incredible event! Loved seeing everyone and meeting so many wonderful new people. Thank you to everyone who organized, spoke, and attended this event!...
2024-02-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #171–Helping a Customer Fix Something
It’s that time of the month for a new blog party at T-SQL Tuesday. This month we have Brent Ozar hosing, and it’s a good topic. I wondered what...
2024-02-13
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The Docker debug command
In the latest version of Docker Desktop a new command has been included call docker debug. Now this is only available with a Pro Docker licence but it’s an...
2024-02-12 (first published: 2024-01-30)
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Understanding and Using xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs in SQL Server
Understanding and Using xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs in SQL Server
What is xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs?
xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs is an undocumented, extended stored procedure in Microsoft SQL Server. It is used to provide information about the jobs that are...
2024-02-12 (first published: 2024-01-31)
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Last Weeks Reading (2024-02-11)
📰 News Power BI Project (PBIP) and Azure DevOps build pipelines for continuous integration Integrating the PBIP format with Azure DevOps lets you use Azure Pipelines to automate CI/CD...
2024-02-11
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Apache Spark from PHP - it is not just a .NET thing
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Goal of this post I wanted to explore what the Spark Connect API looked like from other languages, I am not a php developer - I...
2024-02-10
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Implementing functions and more fun in Spark Connect using gRPC and .NET
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Goal of this post The goal of this post is to look at creating a SparkSession and a DataFrame that will wrap the Range relation and...
2024-02-10
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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