Running tSQLt tests from C/VB.Net/Java/Whatever
When you already have a test framework setup such as MSTest or NUnit and possibly a CI build in place...
2014-11-20
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Blog Posts
Running tSQLt tests from C/VB.Net/Java/Whatever
When you already have a test framework setup such as MSTest or NUnit and possibly a CI build in place and you want to add Sql Server tests it...
2014-11-20
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SQLCMD and SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER
Let’s talk about something simple today. You might already be knowing this, but if you haven’t seen/noted this before then...
2014-11-20 (first published: 2014-11-14)
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The Truth About Index Fragmentation
In just a little while, I’m going to give a presentation at the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter. You can download...
2014-11-20
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 43 (“Transaction Log Basics”)
Continuation from the previous 42 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
This post is dedicated to the Transaction Log behaviour, which might explain...
2014-11-19
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Fast Track Data Warehouse Reference Architecture for SQL Server 2014
I have previously blogged about the Fast Track Data Warehouse, a reference configuration optimized for data warehousing (see Microsoft SQL Server...
2014-11-19
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How to determine Meta data or result set information of a stored procedure /trigger ? TIP # 73
Sometimes it may require that you don’t know what will be output of a stored procedure ? what kind of result...
2014-11-19
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Power Testing ETL with Power BI – Shaping The Data with Power Query and Power Pivot
This blog post digs into the details of shaping the data with Power Query and Power Pivot in order to...
2014-11-19 (first published: 2014-11-12)
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SQL Konference 2015
My first speaking date of the new year is scheduled. I’ll be at the SQL Server Konference 2015, near Frankfurt,...
2014-11-19
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Community is Everything
I don’t care what technology or technologies you enjoy using in your daily job. If there’s an enthusiastic community behind...
2014-11-18
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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;
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