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2013-04-02
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Blog Posts
April 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
After working on this monthly checklist for over a year, I’ve recently discovered that there isn’t anything that we should...
2013-04-01
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DMV-3 : What is currently going on ?……..sys.dm_exec_requests
sys.dm_exec_requests DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177648.aspx
Returns information about each request that is executing within SQL...
2013-04-01
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #26
For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...
2013-04-01
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Mo-SQL On A Stick
If you’re involved in the database world it’s hard to have missed the rise of the “no-sql” database products, designed...
2013-04-01
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Setup SSL Access to SSRS 2012 with Active Directory Certificate Services
The objective was to configure SSL access to a SQL 2012 Reporting Services server in Native Mode. The Certificate Issuer...
2013-04-01
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SQL Server Analysis Services Webinar
Join me tomorrow, April 2. 2013, at 11:00 PM EST for a free webinar which is part of an entire...
2013-04-01
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Custom Reports for SSMS 2012
I presented on this topic at the TriadSQL User’s Group meeting on 3/26/13. I promised I would post my code/solutions,...
2013-03-29
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Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #5: Cleaning Up Slicers
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-03-29
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of April 1, 2013
Here are some training events you might be interested in for the coming week:
Tuesday, April 2
11:00-12:00 EDT, Introduction to SQL...
2013-03-29
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Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers