Thoughts on DBA Professional Development
As a DBA, we have a lot to work on and also we have a lot to learn about. The...
2011-08-20
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Blog Posts
Win a Ticket to the “Advanced Programming” Course
We are opening another class of the “Advanced Programming in SQL Server” course on 28/08. You can find all the...
2011-08-20
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Attach database without log file and rename database
Assuming the database was detached successfully , this t-sql code will attach a mdf file without a log file . It will also...
2011-08-19
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Bitwise Operations
Some time ago, I wrote an introductory post about bitwise operations in SQL Server. I had fully intended on writing...
2011-08-19
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Bitwise Operations
Some time ago, I wrote an introductory post about bitwise operations in SQL Server. I had fully intended on writing a follow-up to that. Alas the opportunity has passed...
2011-08-19
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JAX Code Camp 2011
For the past 7 years, Bayer White and other Jacksonville .Net leaders have put on great Code Camps for .Net...
2011-08-19
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Methods for populating a data warehouse
Source tables change over time. A data mart or data warehouse that is based on those tables needs to reflect these...
2011-08-19
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Re-blog – August 12-August 18
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-08-19
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SQL Server – "Denali" – PERCENT_RANK() Analytic Function
PERCENT_RANK() returns the position of a row within the result set. In contrast to RANK() function, PERCENT_RANK() ranks rows between...
2011-08-19
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SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 9
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1804.0. I count 26 fixes...
2011-08-19
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Blogs
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them Introducing PlanTrace — a free, browser-based...
A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon
By Steve Jones
I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know...
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SPAM Issues May 2026
We suffered a SPAM attack from May 1-6, which unfortunately corresponded with time off...
SQL Password enforcing
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SQL Password enforcing
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
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 TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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