SQL Saturday 35 Dallas - Postmortem
We're three weeks removed from the first annual SQL Saturday Dallas event, so I've had a little time to gather...
2010-06-14
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Blog Posts
SSC Editorial – Bad Database Design
I wrote this editorial about bad design based on some real world experiences. It’s a fun story, maybe even borderline...
2010-06-14
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Tie It Back
I gave the Modern Resume: Building Your Brand presentation last week at the SQL Saturday #22 - Pensacola event and had...
2010-06-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #007 – Roundup
New hotness
First of all I apologize for this roundup taking more time than usual to appear. This last week was...
2010-06-14
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Parameterized Report using a Stored Procedure
Download Sample Project: Parameterized Report
In a recent forum post on BIDN.com a person asked how to filter the result on...
2010-06-13
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TechEd 2010 Followup
Last week I presented a couple of sessions at Tech Ed NA in New Orleans. It was a great experience,...
2010-06-13
735 reads
Adding Parameter Values to a Drop Down List Box
In a recent article (Reporting Services Parameters Not Updating), I showed how report parameters are not automatically updated upon adding...
2010-06-12
2,901 reads
SQL Saturday #43 in the Books
SQL Saturday #43 in the Books
Another great SQL Saturday is in the books!! I had submitted 2 sessions, but there...
2010-06-12
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TechEd Impressions: Day Four
TechEd is finally over, and I have been overwhelmed by attending 20 different sessions over the last four days. As...
2010-06-12
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A Greek Tragedy
This is just tragic. Thanks to Brent Ozar (twitter | blog) for posting it.
Idera web site hit by SQL injection attack
The...
2010-06-11
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers