Configuring, Benchmarking and Validating an I/O Subsystem for SQL Server, Part 1
One of the main projects I have been working on lately is designing and implementing a completely new data and...
2011-08-12
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Blog Posts
Dallas Tech Fest – Demo Files for SQL Server CLR: An Introduction
Demo files from my presentation at Dallas Tech Fest 2011.
SQL Server CLR – An Introduction – Dallas Tech Fest 2011
2011-08-12
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Interview with SQLServerCentral.com Editor Steve Jones
Steve Jones will be speaking at the SQLServerCentral.com track at SQL Server Connections, October 31-November 3, 2011, in Las Vegas,...
2011-08-12
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Meet the PASS Board at SQLSaturday #79 In South Florida
We’re having a PASS Board meeting and many of us will be staying for the event on Saturday (and an...
2011-08-12
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Microsoft SQL Server Denali CTP 3 Product Guide
Microsoft has released a Product Guide for SQL Server Denali CTP3, which has datasheets, white papers, technical presentations, demonstrations, and...
2011-08-12
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Service Broker sample application from SQLskills Immersion Event
You can find my Service Broker sample application which I presented during the SQLskills
Immersion Event in Bellevue here for download:...
2011-08-12
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SQL MCM Training – Day 4
Today Jonathan has presented on analyzing trace data, and Kimberly has spoken on troubleshooting
Plan Cache Issues and Index Consolidation. It's...
2011-08-12
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SSAS Maestro Program (or SQL BI MCM)
There is a very interesting new Microsoft program that started back in January, called the SSAS Maestro Program. It is a five-day,...
2011-08-12
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[OT] On Community
Last fall, and winter, and spring I was part of the PASS Election Review Committee. It was interesting, sometimes fun,...
2011-08-11
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Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 Review
I bought a little Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 16GB USB Flash Drive at Micro Center yesterday, since most of...
2011-08-11
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Blogs
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...
Deploying AI in logistics (the unfiltered version)
A conversation with Jan Laš, CIO at HOPI, about what deploying a data agent...
Forums
SPAM Issues May 2026
We suffered a SPAM attack from May 1-6, which unfortunately corresponded with time off...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
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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