SQL Server Myth on Clustered Index page allocation or B-Tree formation
Here is another SQL Server myth which I realised while understanding anatomy of index pages.
For a long time I...
2011-07-11
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday Round Table at the PASS Summit (Early Reminder)
Once again this year we’ll be holding a meeting open to all SQLSaturday event leaders and key team members (and...
2011-07-11
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Striping Backups in SQL Backup Pro
There are times you really do want to stripe backups across multiple files. If you have a short backup window,...
2011-07-11
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Subtle Errors When Using Dates-Part 1
I was reviewing some code recently that has been in production for a while and I saw something like this:
set...
2011-07-11
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The Dog Died, and The Cat's on the Roof
Despite the title, this is a serious blog entry, dedicated to all you pet lover's out there. Although, I seek to...
2011-07-11
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Upcoming Content Preview
It has been a few weeks since I last posted. I know, I’m a slacker, thanks for pointing that out. ...
2011-07-10
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Baseball and Scheduling Your Vacation, and a Puzzle?
I saw an article in the newspaper titled How to Visit 30 Ballparks in 35 Days This Summer. I think...
2011-07-08
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Brute-force searching for data.
Today, I needed a way of searching through a database, any database, looking for a certain string. The procedure I...
2011-07-08
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My children never cease to delight me in all kinds of ways, but never more when they come up with some...
2011-07-08
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Free SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course
If you are new to Business Intelligence (BI) and learn best by watching videos and “playing”, then this course is...
2011-07-08
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Blogs
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...
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Invitation: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
It's time for T-SQL Tuesday #198! This month's topic is change detection. The post T-SQL...
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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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