T-SQL Tuesday #164: Code that makes you feel
The invitation this month is from Erik Darling, and it’s a neat one. I like this thought, asking us to find code that impressed us or made us feel...
2023-07-26 (first published: 2023-07-11)
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Blog Posts
100 Blog Posts Milestone
Good morning dear reader, Long time no talk. It has been a jam-packed and chaotic first half of 2023 for my family and me. The first quarter of the...
2023-07-25
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Test Restore Your SQL Server Databases
Pain Point: Something bad happened and you need to restore a SQL Server database. Pain Point you didn’t know you had: The backup files are all corrupt due a...
2023-07-25
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A Security Change with SQL Compare 15
Actually, this is a change for many products and software that connects to SQL Server. Updated drivers require us to now decide to trust the server certificate. I opened...
2023-07-24
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Early Bird Pricing for the Data Community Summit Ends Jul 26
The early bird pricing for the PASS Data Community Summit ends this week, on Jul 26. After that, there is a bump, so let you boss know this is...
2023-07-24
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Microsoft Fabric
What will be much easier with Microsoft Fabric?
Microsoft Fabric is built on a foundation of Software as a Service (SaaS), which takes simplicity and integration to a whole new...
2023-07-24 (first published: 2023-07-11)
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Wait a minute, CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE indexes are not ordered?
Just to reiterate what's in the title of this post, what I mean is that the CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE indexes are not ordered, while NONCLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE created indexes are on...
2023-07-24 (first published: 2023-07-05)
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..And The New Adventure Has Begun
I am so happy to announce that I have joined the team at Fortified Data. I have just completed my first week (well, four days) and I feel like...
2023-07-23
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SQLSat Baton Rouge 2023!
Looking forward to #jambalaya at #SQLSatBR on July 29! Register today: sqlsatbr.comI hope to see as many people as possible that weekend, I'll be there at the Friday night...
2023-07-22 (first published: 2023-07-21)
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A New Word: Ozurie
Ozurie – feeling torn between the life you want and the life you have. I think many people feel ozurie often. I certainly had a lot of this in...
2023-07-21
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Blogs
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...
Beware of Generic SQL Server License Keys (What to Use Instead)
By SQLPals
Beware of Generic SQL Server License Keys (What to Use Instead) ...
On Speaking Well
By Brian Kelley
Professor Patrick Winston of MIT used to give a one-hour talk about how to...
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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