DBA Hell
On the first day of DBA hell, the server gave to me
A database with damaged system tables and no good...
2010-06-15
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Blog Posts
Hawaii is Not Prometric Microsoft Certification Test Friendly
While I was at TechEd last week, I got a 50% off Microsoft Certification test voucher that expires on June...
2010-06-15
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Insert Unknown Row to Dimension Table
When building a warehouse there is a common practice of adding an Unknown row to the Dimension tables. For me,...
2010-06-15
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Networking – A Year Later
I was excited to attend the networking session last year at the PASS Summit. Andy Warren and I had talked...
2010-06-15
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oPASS Meeting Tonight June 15, 2010 – Featuring Kendal Van Dyke
We’re meeting from 6-8 pm as usual, with Kendal Van Dyke presenting Paging Dr Availability, You’re Wanted In the Recovery...
2010-06-15
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Report Render Duration
Every once in a while I come across a scenario where I really want to know how long it took...
2010-06-15
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Sarasota SQL Server Users Group
Tonight I’m presenting for the Sarasota SQL Server Users Group. If you’re interested in attending, you can join in using...
2010-06-15
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SQL Server XML Schemas
Ever been curious about the schema of , say an SSRS rdl file ? How about the execution plan ?
Not only should...
2010-06-15
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Teaching ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College
I will be teaching a special five week version of ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College...
2010-06-15
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The Value of an Artist
A short while ago someone complained that some of the headlines on SSC were deceiving in terms of what they...
2010-06-15
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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