Buck Woody on Code Writing Code
I realize I’m prejudiced, being one of those evil DBA’s & all, but I can’t help but agree with him. It’s...
2010-02-16
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Blog Posts
In Vs. Inner Join
This is tightly related to another of my forays into tuning some slowly/poorly performing processes. This process came across my...
2010-02-16
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Job Quality
Through a circuitous route, I encountered a meaningful, thought-provoking quote lately: "... the best way to predict the future is to...
2010-02-16
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Panic Attack
I had a minor panic attack recently where I was getting ready for bed and all of a sudden thought...
2010-02-16
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Presenting in Colorado Springs on May 19, 2010
I will presenting at the Colorado Springs SQL Server User’s Group (CSSQLUG) on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. I will be...
2010-02-16
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Quick Tip Of The Day
Over and over again we are told that the DMV’s only hold data since your last reboot. So, how do...
2010-02-16
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Review: Windows Live Writer Backup
Live Writer tends to be one of those applications that you spend a few minutes configuring and then you forget...
2010-02-16
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SQL Developers Please Use the Table Name/Alias to Prefix Columns
Note: After I completed this post Aaron Bertrand added this subject to his “Bad Habits to Kick” series for myself...
2010-02-16
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SQL Server - Checkpoint
What is a SQL Server checkpoint?
A SQL Server checkpoint is the process of writing all dirty datafile pages out to...
2010-02-16
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SSIS 2008 Script Component variable gotcha..
In a previous post I showed you how to access variables from within an SSIS script component. More specifically I...
2010-02-16
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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