Daily Coping 28 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to look for something positive to say to everyone you speak to. This works well during the holiday season as most people are in a...
2022-12-28
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Blog Posts
Recommended Approach to Encryption in SQL Server
We looked earlier at the various places our data lives – on disk, in memory, in-transit across the network. A good strategy will protect all of these locations –...
2022-12-28 (first published: 2022-12-14)
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Daily Coping 27 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to share a happy memory or inspiring thought with a loved one. This is a memory for me: This came up in a Google Photo...
2022-12-27
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Join me at VS Live Las Vegas 2023
I’m heading back to VS Live in March 2023 for the Las Vegas show. This time it’s at Planet Hollywood, which is a hotel I’ve never visited. I’m excited...
2022-12-27
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More DevOps with the SQL Solutions Group
I’m doing another webinar on Jan 18, 2023 with the SQL Solutions Group. You can register here and reserve a spot. Scott Klein and I did a webinar last...
2022-12-27
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Seeking Home Network Happiness
TL;DR: My home firewall/router is slow, please help me pick out a new one.
After replacing my firewall/router/WiFi access point one too many times, I’m ready to get off the...
2022-12-27
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Book Review – SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization (2nd Edition)
The nice people from Packt Publishing sent me a digital copy of Benjamin Nevarez new book to review: SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization – Optimize Microsoft SQL Server...
2022-12-26 (first published: 2022-12-02)
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Daily Coping 26 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to see how many people you can smile at today. Easy one for me. I find this makes me happier and my day better when...
2022-12-26
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My Stats from 2022
I wrote last week about my travel, 23 trips in 2022. However, I’ve been gathering some other stats about my life and what I do, so I wanted to...
2022-12-26
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Types of data consulting engagements and what you can expect from them
There are multiple ways organizations can engage with a data (DBA/analytics/data architect/ML/etc.) consultant. The type of engagement you choose affects the pace and deliverables of the project, and the...
2022-12-26 (first published: 2022-12-06)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Invitation: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
It's time for T-SQL Tuesday #198! This month's topic is change detection. The post T-SQL...
Understanding Fabric MCP
By James Serra
Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is one of those technical ideas that sounds more...
AWS RDS Aurora - our first approach
When starting with AWS RDS Aurora for managing relational databases in the cloud, many...
Forums
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
How do I explain that SQL Server should not be used as a code repository?
This week my BI Developer colleague proudly showed me a new Power BI report...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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