Force installation of 64-bit ACE OLE DB provider
Anyone working with SSIS and Excel probably had the following issue: you are creating an SSIS package using an Excel...
2013-04-25 (first published: 2013-04-23)
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Blog Posts
SQL Lunch – GeoFlow: 3D Geospatial Visualization
Join me next month to learn about a new Geospatial visualization feature of Excel 2013 on the SQL Lunch.
Lunch Details
#75-GeoFlow:...
2013-04-25
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SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter Presentation
Today I was fortunate enough to be able to give a new presentation to the SQL PASSPerformance Virtual Chapter called...
2013-04-25
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SQLIntersection conference wrapup
Two weeks ago was a busy one. I helped coordinate and spoke at our second SQL Saturday Omaha on April...
2013-04-25
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Building My HDInsight Server Cluster
After all the hype about Big Data, Hadoop, and now HDInsight, I decided to build out my own big data...
2013-04-24
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Discover, Diagnose, and Document ALL Your SQL Servers On Your Coffee Break
We all know that we should document our SQL Servers, right? RIGHT?
So let's say you had some time on...
2013-04-24 (first published: 2013-04-11)
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DMV-8 : Check Space consumed by Database……..sys.dm_db_file_space_usage
sys.dm_db_file_space_usage DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174412.aspx
Returns space usage information for each file in the database.
It’s...
2013-04-24
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Estimate Table Size based on the Metadata from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
A problem I face often is not knowing the size of a new table that I’m creating. I put some...
2013-04-24
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How do I tell the stored procedure name from inside the stored procedure?
I’ve occasionally had the problem of trying to put “smart” logging messages into a process. You know the ones, you’re...
2013-04-24
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How to backup a SQL 2012 database directly to Windows Azure
It has been a little while since I posted something and I’ve been meaning to finish off this blog for...
2013-04-24
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Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Using OPENJSON
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Data Modeling with dbt for Visual Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers