Reverse Engineering a Physical Model Diagram
I recently wrote about a logical diagram with Redgate Data Modeler. That was interesting, but creating all the objects is a pain. I decided to try creating a physical...
2025-12-01
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I recently wrote about a logical diagram with Redgate Data Modeler. That was interesting, but creating all the objects is a pain. I decided to try creating a physical...
2025-12-01
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If it fails where you thought it would fail that is not a failure. – from Excellent Advice for Living This is a great quote, especially for those of...
2025-11-28 (first published: 2025-11-14)
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If you're looking for particular "Black Friday" deals, here is what I've seen advertised in the community. I have not taken any of these classes, so I can't give...
2025-11-28
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I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases years ago. I did not wake up one day and decide, “I am going to...
2025-11-28 (first published: 2025-11-10)
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In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The intent behind the holiday is to remember all that we have to be thankful. I have a lengthy list from friends...
2025-11-27
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Yes, you’re reading that right, we’re going to download a report that cannot be downloaded. Well, it cannot be downloaded from the user interface, that is. Suppose you have...
2025-11-26 (first published: 2025-11-06)
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I mentioned this in my talk on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community Summit: Microsoft has announced that the post-quantum cryptography APIs are now generally available.
2025-11-26
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When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change the way developers and DBA’s interact with data. Over the years, we have seen incremental...
2025-11-26 (first published: 2025-11-05)
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It’s Monday. I’ve been home since Fri night, but with a busy weekend, I’m still recovering from the PASS Data Community Summit. There’s a nice wrap from the crew,...
2025-11-26
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This was announced last week at Microsoft Ignite and it's been covered by others such as Brent Ozar, but if you haven't heard, SQL Server 2025 is now generally...
2025-11-25
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By SQLPals
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
Good documentation gets you started. Good books get you deep. After years of working...
By Vinay Thakur
In previous posts, we looked at the SQL Server engine. for us DBAs, the...
We have a SQL Server installed. We have a 500GB drive for the database....
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item Restoring Azure Key Vault Keys...
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