The big disconnect with Connect
A couple of years ago I blogged about a bug on the Data Collector that I couldn’t resolve but with an...
2015-01-12 (first published: 2015-01-07)
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND() for Test Data
T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND()
SQL Server includes the T-SQL RAND() function to create a random value between 0 and 1...
2015-01-12
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2014 Year In Review
As is our want, we must look back over the past year to see what happened. While I normally focus...
2015-01-11
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A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
I have dedicated much more time to reading in the past 6 weeks (Since the beginning of December 2014), and...
2015-01-11
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In-Memory OLTP Part 2 : Memory-Optimized tables
In part 1 of the In-memory OLTP articles we gave you an introduction into In-memory OLTP, showing what the requirements...
2015-01-11
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Friday Followup For January 9, 2015
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2015-01-09
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How to resolve connection errors when loading data in SSAS Tabular project
This post actually applies to both multidimensional (cube) projects and Tabular projects which manage data source connectivity in a similar...
2015-01-09
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I Am Grateful For
A while back I wrote about saying “Thank you” to people. Last night I was listening to NPR on my...
2015-01-09
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Learning SQL #1–Start from buying a Copy of SQL Server Developer Edition
If learning SQL is in your New Year Resolution, then you will be happy to read this post.
We all make...
2015-01-09
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On Failure
The first rule of blogging is that you should write about topics you know a lot about. And I know...
2015-01-09
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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