MS Days 2011 in Albania, Tirana
I would like to write about the tech events in my country and our brother-neighbor Albania, that everyday we are...
2011-11-27
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Blog Posts
Data Loading Performance Guide
Bulk loading with large amounts of data requires strategy. The Data Loading Performance Guide for SQL Server 2008 and SQL...
2011-11-26
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Hotfix for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 Periodically Does Not Accept Connections Bug
Microsoft has released a hotfix for a very frustrating issue that plagued me for a couple of years at NewsGator. ...
2011-11-26
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Adelaide SQL Server User Group Slides and Scripts
You can find the slides and scripts from Monday’s Extended Events session for the Adelaide SQL Server User Group in the...
2011-11-25
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Re-blog – November 18 – November 24
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2011-11-25
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Destroying a Windows Cluster
I haven’t posted for a while but thought I’d dust off the blog and get a post out. I have...
2011-11-24
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MS DTC and sys.dm_tran_active_transactions
A sql reindex command was being blocked by two active transactions in MS DTC. Use
sys.dm_tran_active_transactions to report more detail on...
2011-11-24
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SQL Server 2012 licensing details
AdvertisementsMicrosoft’s SQL Server 2012 (AKA SQL Server code-name ‘Denali’), new details have been released http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/future-editions/sql2012-licensing.aspx.
1. What is new in SQL...
2011-11-24
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ALTER INDEX permissions
Developers like to have some control over the development process. An example is index building. Asking aDBA repeatedly for changes ...
2011-11-23
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DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 5
Part 1 of Question 5—The question.Part 2 of Question 5—The follow up to the question.This is a continuation of my...
2011-11-23
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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
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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