SQLSaturday #362 – Austin, TX – Let’s Get Weird
I used to spend the 4th of July weekend (or week) in Austin with some buddy’s when we were in...
2015-01-20
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Blog Posts
Windows policy Lock Pages in Memory option and SQL Server instance in VM
As we know, this Windows policy Lock Pages in Memory option determines which accounts can use a process to keep data in physical memory, preventing the Windows operating system from paging...
2015-01-20
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Windows policy Lock Pages in Memory option and SQL Server instance in VM
As we know, this Windows policy Lock Pages in Memory option determines which accounts can use a process to keep data in...
2015-01-20
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A Healthy SQL Server
T-SQL Tuesday has come and gone and I missed the boat due to some ongoing work constraints. With that said...
2015-01-19
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Exam Prep 70-463: Data Flow Source Adapters
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2015-01-19
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Part2 Adding a New CheckBox – Create your own SQL tools with PowerShell and Windows forms
Steve:
This is James’ second post on creating SQL tools with PowerShell and Windows forms. James is a DBA responsible for...
2015-01-19 (first published: 2015-01-14)
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T-SQL – How to find Next Business day from a given date
There are many methods to find next business day. One common way is to use of calendar table. This post is to...
2015-01-19 (first published: 2015-01-12)
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Understand the True Source of Problems
There’s an old joke that goes, “Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this.” While the person in question swings...
2015-01-19
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Upgraded SSD
I was going to call this an upgraded HDD, but that’s not right. Technically it’s a drive update, but really...
2015-01-19
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Attending and Speaking at SQLBits XIV
The SQLBits conference has a special place in my heart – as I have written before, the previous edition of SQLBits...
2015-01-18
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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