PASS Summit 2009 – Day -1
The official start date for the summit is Tuesday, but trust me, everything kicked off on Sunday when registration opened....
2009-11-02
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Blog Posts
DB Audit Challenge #1
Take the DB Audit Challenge - Intermediate - DB Audit Challenge #1
For those of you who have been following my recent blogs,...
2009-11-01
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PASS Summit In-flight Note
I'm on a Delta non-stop flight from Atlanta to Seattle for the PASS Summit. This is the first time I've...
2009-11-01
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SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Day Zero
For me, today was the start of a six-day SQL Server adventure at the PASS Summit in Seattle. The day...
2009-11-01
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Stored Procedure Call Tree
I was reading a post by Linchi Shea in which he demonstrates a Perl script to Find the complete call...
2009-11-01
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Two Very Important Configuration Settings For SQL Server 2005/2008
Two settings that I always enable when I install SQL Server 2005 or 2008 on an x64 production database server...
2009-11-01
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Blogging From the 2009 PASS Community Summit
Like a lot of other SQL Server bloggers, this week I will attempt to write regular blog entries each day,...
2009-10-31
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Not Attending/Presenting at SQL Connections
Given everything that has happened in the last couple of weeks, this is not surprising to those who have kept...
2009-10-31
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PASS Officers for 2010-2011 Announced
Posted yesterday at http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/PASSBlog/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/118.aspx, Rushabh Mehta is the incoming President, Bill Graziano is the VP Finance, and Rick Heiges is...
2009-10-31
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SQL Server 2008 cluster install and slipstreaming!
I was asked to set up a SQL Server 2008 cluster on Windows 2008 R2 this past week. One interesting...
2009-10-31
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Blogs
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...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
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