How to Tell When SQL Server Started?
As a consultant, I’m regularly asked to diagnose and solve problems when I have incomplete or conflicting information given to...
2010-04-28
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Blog Posts
Social Networking and SQLSaturday
I think we do a pretty good job of delivering technical content, but not such a great job at getting...
2010-04-28
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SQL Server Connection Strings
The purpose of this short post is to demonstrate a simple method of generating an accurate SQL Server connection string...
2010-04-28
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SQL University Post Coming Tomorrow
This is a short note to say that the SQL University post will arrive tomorrow. Today we're dealing with the...
2010-04-28
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Undocumented Capabilities of Extended Event Objects
Undocumented Capabilities of Extended Event Objects
The extended event objects (objects exposed by an event package) are listed in the system...
2010-04-28
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A DMV a Day – Day 27
The DMV for Day 27 is sys.dm_tran_locks, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about currently active lock manager resources....
2010-04-27
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BLOB Index Columns
For the April T-SQL Tuesday, I blogged about a report to find information on the BLOBs in a database. I...
2010-04-27
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In, Exists and join – a roundup
Over the last several months I’ve had a look at IN, Exists, Join and their opposites to see how they...
2010-04-27
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Latest Issue of The SQL Server Standard – Volume 7 Issue 3
Available for download by all PASS members (membership is free), this issue has Techies Talking to Non-Techies by Don Gabor....
2010-04-27
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One Trip Booked – TechEd 2010
Tia thinks I’m crazy to book early, but I like to have a choice of flights, and I like to...
2010-04-27
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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...
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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
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Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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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