PASS Update #44 (Budget)
I had a question recently about how budgets work at PASS, and I think that’s something worth sharing, so I’m...
2010-10-11
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Blog Posts
Return Values from XP_CMDSHELL
Let’s be clear: I don’t recommend the use of xp_cmdshell as a general tool. It ought to be used when...
2010-10-11
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Running Totals for Each Group
A while ago, I posted a blog on how one could perform running totals using Reporting Services and a user...
2010-10-11
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S–3–X Talk Week: This Totally Won’t be Awkward
We’re conducting S–E–X Talk Week here at the MidnightDBA #Awesomesauce blog, in honor of everyone’s favorite subject. In deference to the...
2010-10-11
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SSMS Tip – Tab Groups
A few months ago as I came across tab groups in SSMS and once I found them I was very...
2010-10-11
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Updates on SQLSaturday#59.....6 Weeks to go!
I just wanted to update everyone on our event happening in NYC, November 20, 2010. We have just six weeks...
2010-10-11
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Getting ready for the third “Industrial Revolution”: Database 2010-2015
I searched the internet for “connect and forget”. Wonderbox.net offer is described as a “revolutionary computer server”… I think of wonderbox as a “computing appliance”, but Wikipedia limits the...
2010-10-10
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Getting ready for the third “Industrial Revolution”: Database 2010-2015
I searched the internet for “connect and forget”. Wonderbox.net offer is described as a...
2010-10-10
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Time Saver – Presentation Preparation
Presenting is a huge fear for many and it is no different for me. I have been presenting at SQL...
2010-10-10
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Issues With Calculating Current Age Using DateDiff (Rounding?)
Recently I inherited a set of SSIS packages that did a pretty simple calculation for age.It used the following expression,...
2010-10-09
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Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Using OPENJSON
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Data Modeling with dbt for Visual Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers