PowerShell: Redirecting Console Output and Error Output to a Variable and E-mailing it
I recently had the need to script the execution of a command-line utility and thought it would be a good...
2012-08-29 (first published: 2012-08-28)
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Blog Posts
Reporting on common code smells : A POC
Over the past few blog entries, I’ve been looking at parsing TSQL scripts in a variety of ways for a...
2012-08-29
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September 2012 Speaking Events
September is another busy month of speaking events for me and I thought I’d share them with you so maybe...
2012-08-29
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Southwest Missouri SQL Server Users Group to Have First Meeting in October
The Southwest Missouri SQL Server Users Group (SWMOSSUG) is dedicated to providing SQL Server Education and Career Guidance for IT...
2012-08-29
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SQL Audit 302 – Deploying the Audit Solution with Powershell
This is it, ladies and gentlemen. One last post and I promise I won’t mention the word audit for at...
2012-08-29
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SQL in the City – FREE Training
Is SQL in the City coming to a town near you? The events are being held in New York, Austin,...
2012-08-29
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A Novel Workaround for an Infamous SSAS Connection Error
For months I’ve been itching to get the latest version of SQL Server, thanks to the addition of new functionality...
2012-08-28
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Lookup transformation in SSIS: Performance Improvements
There are 2 suggestions I hear about when performance tuning the Lookup transformation on a large dimension table when getting...
2012-08-28
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Minnesota SQL Saturday (#SQLSat149)
It’s close to that time of year again. It’s time for a SQL Saturday in Minnesota and this… it isn’t...
2012-08-28
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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Check Database Size with DBCC_pdw_showspaceused
There is a way to view the size of a particular PDW database using the DBCC_pdw_showspaceused command via the NEXUS...
2012-08-28
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198–Change Detection
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, Meagan Longoria, who graciously agreed to help...
Redgate and Rome
By Steve Jones
I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas...
Quick Tip: Check Most DTU Expensive Queries in Azure SQL Database
Optimizing Azure SQL Database performance often begins with identifying the most resource-intensive queries. Understanding...
Forums
Creating a JSON Document IV
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Restoring Azure Key Vault Keys and Validating SQL Server TDE Recovery: Level 7 of the Stairway to TDE
By VishnuGupthanSQLPowershellDBA
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Permissions Removal When Changing Object Schema
When the schema of an object is changed, SQL Server wipes out the previous...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document IV
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 YearEstablished, json_objectagg(city : TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams GROUP BY YearEstablished;See possible answers