Im in Houston Today (and this weekend too)
I’ll be spending the day with the 2011 Idera ACE’s (aka the old aces) and the 2012 Idera ACES (the...
2012-04-20
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Blog Posts
SQL Script Toolbox for Developers
I work with a motley crowd of developers and have the opportunity to give lunch and learn training sessions on...
2012-04-20
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SQL Server: Measuring The Index Fragmentation
In my previous post , I have explained about the different types of fragmentation and how it will affect the query performance....
2012-04-20
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Becoming the dumbest guy in the group
“Why I joined Linchpin People as a Teammate”
It was announced publicly this past weekend at SQL Saturday #111 that I...
2012-04-19
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CONCAT in SQL 2012
SQL Server 2012 introduces a brand new string function called CONCAT(). CONCAT() string function allows you to concatenate up to...
2012-04-19
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Great User Group Meeting Tuesday, Now on to Madison and SQL Saturday #118
Minnesota SQL Server User Group Meeting Review (4/17/12) First of all, I have to thank the awesome speakers who presented...
2012-04-19
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More IMPORTANT miscellaneous info
This is a first blog for this month, yes I was busy with Powershell quiz and some other personal stuff.
Okay,...
2012-04-19
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PowerShell: Using Exponents and Logs to Format Byte Sizes
In a recent Scripting Games event, I had to format some byte values into their most appropriate size according to...
2012-04-19
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script system object in resource database
When I troulbshooting the logshipping problem, I found many logshipping store procedure can not be found in the master or...
2012-04-19
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Spend two hours with me at #sqlsat107.
In just two days SQL Saturday 107 will be in full swing. Tomorrow begins their precon with the infamous Kalen...
2012-04-19
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Blogs
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...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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