Book Review: The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency
I picked up The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency $13 @ Amazon) from the library, had been...
2010-08-25
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Blog Posts
Changing of the Guard
A few weeks ago Andy Leonard (Blog | Twitter) announced that he was stepping down from his position as PASS Regional...
2010-08-25
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MDX Puzzle #6
As we continue with the puzzles, I will continue to introduce new MDX functions. In this puzzle the requirements are...
2010-08-25
625 reads
Memory
Not a sound from the pavement
Have you ever come across a SQL query that used to run faster? Has that...
2010-08-25
3,415 reads
Mission Accomplished... Well sort of..
Did you ever set a goal and then sort of … demolish it without realizing it?
That has happened this year....
2010-08-25
358 reads
PASS Elections Portal
I think the shirt says it all
If you’ve been under a rock the last few weeks you may not know...
2010-08-25
526 reads
SFSSUG - Great Upcoming Speakers
Hey Folks,
We have some great speakers coming up at the SFSSUG in South Florida. Check out Devin Knight here talking...
2010-08-25
670 reads
SQL Pass Voting forum
So far I have seen lots of blogs about SQLPASS regarding the Slate for this years BoD. I do not...
2010-08-25
709 reads
You Don’t Need Log Backups
You don’t need log backups. You don’t. They aren’t required for SQL Server to function.
The place when you don’t need...
2010-08-25
744 reads
10 Character Traits of Outstanding DBA’s
What are the character traits of outstanding SQL Server Database Administrators (DBA) ?
You know what I’m talking about. There are...
2010-08-24
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Blogs
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
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...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Daily aggregation of Azure Blob Storage by tier (created/tier-change/deleted)
Hello all, I’m looking for advice on how to derive a daily snapshot table...
SQL 2017 to SQL 2025. Good to Go ?
We need to replace our Windows server running SQL 2017. Any reason not to...
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