Cumulative Update – 6 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 6th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available. Cumulative Update 6 contains all...
2013-09-30
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Blog Posts
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #51
Monday morning and it’s time for weekly round-up. If you follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet...
2013-09-30
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MDX YTD Calculation Issus
If you are using the templates for MDX calculation built into SSAS 2008 you might run into some strange issues....
2013-09-30
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MidnightSQL Server Evaluation script, version 1.0
Server evaluations are a major part of my consulting business. I need to get up to speed very quickly on...
2013-09-30
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Speaking Twice on Oct 1, 2013
Carolina Technology Conference:
To start things off, I'll be speaking in the morning at the Carolina Technology Conference. I have a...
2013-09-30
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SQL Saturday #190 Denver Wrap Up
I must admit… Denver is my favorite town in this country. The outdoor things to do, the wide variety of...
2013-09-30
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SQL Server :Part 1 : Architecture of Transaction Log
In our earlier post, we have discussed in detail about the architecture of the data file and different types of...
2013-09-30
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The MERGE statement doesn’t have a WHERE clause.
What the heck? Even indexes have WHERE clauses these days. I can’t remember what I was reading when I saw...
2013-09-30
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SQL Server Statistics
INTRODUCTION
Statistics contain information about the data. How the data is distributed inside the table. They are representation of a table....
2013-09-29
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Do you want me to tell you the truth or do you want me to tell you what you want to hear?
We live in a Dilbert age.
If you are a DBA and have worked in organizations of any size you are...
2013-09-28
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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...
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