The DevOps Roadshow(s) from Redgate
I’m back from an office trip this week to Pasadena. I had the chance to go to the office, do some internal training for people, and spend time with...
2023-08-18
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Blog Posts
Updated training list for a new DBA
Met an eager young volunteer at SQLSatBR over the weekend who inspired me to update a blog post that hadn't been refreshed in a few years. See the [UPDATED] Training...
2023-08-18 (first published: 2023-07-31)
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Adding Copilot to Azure Data Studio and a Few Experiments
As a part of a recent Data Exposed that I was on, there was an ADS update which mentioned Copilot being added. Since I’ve been experimented, I decided to...
2023-08-17
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Appalachian State Cyber Summit – September 8, 2023
Looking to attend a security summit in cooler weather that will benefit students? Applachian State holds an annual cybersecurity summit and this year it is scheduled for September 8,...
2023-08-17
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A Basic SQL Script to Monitor Long Running SQL Server Agent Jobs
A Basic SQL Script to Monitor Long Running SQL Server Agent Jobs
As a SQL Server DBA, especially Production/Operations DBA in a relatively large environment,...
2023-08-16 (first published: 2023-07-31)
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Searching for People
Inside Redgate Software, someone posted a picture and was asking if anyone knew who the person was. In this case, there had been a conversation at an event, and...
2023-08-16
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SQL Homework – August 2023 – Have the best practices changed while you weren’t looking?
It’s been a bit since I did one of these so let’s go back to the basics. Best practices. We ... Continue reading
2023-08-16 (first published: 2023-08-01)
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T-SQL Tuesday #165: Database Job Titles Roundup
This month I prompted bloggers to talk about what database job titles mean to them. Thank you to all who posted on this topic! Don’t worry; if you still...
2023-08-16 (first published: 2023-08-15)
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Fill Out The State of the Database Landscape Survey and Maybe Win
If you’re like me, you sometimes wonder how different other environments are from the one I work in. Well, the ones I used to work in. These days I...
2023-08-15
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SQL Server Patching
Why should you patch your SQL Server instances? Compliance, stability, security, reliability, functionality, and more. Microsoft regularly releases updates to SQL Server known as Cumulative Updates (CUs). Cumulative updates...
2023-08-15
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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...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Daily aggregation of Azure Blob Storage by tier (created/tier-change/deleted)
Hello all, I’m looking for advice on how to derive a daily snapshot table...
SQL 2017 to SQL 2025. Good to Go ?
We need to replace our Windows server running SQL 2017. Any reason not to...
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