Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone’s clamoring to cut taxes -but no...
2011-09-26
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Blog Posts
Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
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Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
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Recovery Models
In SQL Server we have three basic recovery models: full, bulk-logged, and simple. By default we find that most databases...
2011-09-26
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Small Business Hardware
[NOTE] My blog post scheduling-fu is weak, so this post didn’t go out Friday as planned. My apologies.
This is the...
2011-09-26
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SolidQ Journal September Edition
The 13th edition of The SolidQ Journal has just been released with several insightful articles and continued series updates. In...
2011-09-26
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SQL 2008 R2 Administration Cook Book
Couple of week back I have received a special gift, from the person whom I admire as a elder bro...
2011-09-26
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SQL Server – Creating and using Dump Devices for Backups
A dump device is simply a logical device which redirects to a specified physical device. The main advantage of using...
2011-09-26
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2 Released
Exciting news… The second edition of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book has been completed and is going to...
2011-09-26
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SQL University SSIS : Named Pipes -- Fundamentals
There comes a time when you look at how something is being done and say, "Does it have to be...
2011-09-26
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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