SQL Azure Federation
What is Federation?
Federation is a database object like other objects such as tables, views, stored procedures or triggers.It is also known as...
2012-04-25
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Blog Posts
SQL Azure Federation
What is Federation?
Federation is a database object like other objects such as tables, views, stored procedures or triggers.
It is also known as Sharding.
There can be multiple federations in a database.
It is...
2012-04-25
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Change Package Properties Using Parameters–SSIS 2012
In DTS, changing package properties was close to impossible (the less we talk about DTS, the better). Package configurations introduced...
2012-04-24
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List of Sharepoint Blogs
I ran across this list of Sharepoint blogs by Rene Modery while doing some Sharepoint reading. He has an OPML...
2012-04-24
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OPASS April Meeting Recap
Last Thursday I had the pleasure of speaking in Orlando, FL at the OPASS monthly meeting. I spoke on Extending...
2012-04-24
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Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #3: Choosing Drivers
When working with Oracle, drivers are truly a pain to get working correctly. I will discuss my preferred choice and...
2012-04-24
908 reads
SQL Backup 7
What more could you add to a SQL Server backup product? It seems that many software products, including Red Gate’s...
2012-04-24
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SQL Server 2005 backups in a hung state because of full text search process
I came across an issue today where a backup process was in a blocked state with a wait type of...
2012-04-24
612 reads
Who are the sysadmins in this sql server?
Here’s a quick query that you can run to find out the users with sysadmin fixed server role. Sysadmins have a...
2012-04-24 (first published: 2012-04-23)
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Denali – Blog a Day Series : May, 2012
Denali
Microsoft has launches sql server 2012 aka Denali on March, 2012. Free Express and evolution edition for the same is...
2012-04-23
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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...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Daily aggregation of Azure Blob Storage by tier (created/tier-change/deleted)
Hello all, I’m looking for advice on how to derive a daily snapshot table...
SQL 2017 to SQL 2025. Good to Go ?
We need to replace our Windows server running SQL 2017. Any reason not to...
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