Exercism
I’ve been looking to work on my programming skills a bit and try some new languages. I’d like to grow...
2015-09-28
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Blog Posts
Exercism
I’ve been looking to work on my programming skills a bit and try some new languages. I’d like to grow...
2015-09-28
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PASS Summit 2015: Recommendations and Invitations (#sqlpass #Summit15)
The last week of October, we’ll be at the PASS Summit in Seattle, WA. As some of you already know – and as I...
2015-09-28 (first published: 2015-09-09)
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SQL Server – Various methods to generate unique number sequence
Hi all, Friends, most of the time we used ranking function like ROW_NUMBER() when it required to generate unique number...
2015-09-28
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Table partitioning
What is partitioning.
To start with partition is the feature provided by SQL server in which very large tables are split...
2015-09-28
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Why I Don't Use the Architect Title
I get nervous when I see the title "architect" in IT job roles.
I've had this title before as an employer's...
2015-09-28
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Fall Means Election Season
While it’s not officially Fall yet, it is definitely Election Season. Elections for the PASS Board of Directors opens up...
2015-09-25 (first published: 2015-09-11)
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How to Create Scatter Chart in Power BI
There’s a saying that birds of the same feather flock together. When you throw your data on a scatter chart,...
2015-09-25 (first published: 2015-09-14)
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SQL Saturday as an Attendee
Last week I did something that many people have already done. However this was my first experience, and I really...
2015-09-25
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SQL Server SSIS: ReplaceNull
One of widespread problems in SSIS packages is to replace NULL values with some specific value. Unfortunately, before it was...
2015-09-25
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers