Error Importing DTS package in SQL Server 2008
Opening DTS packages on a 2008 SQL Server requires several steps to be able to view the packages in a...
2009-08-26
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Blog Posts
Intel Calpella Launch At End of September?
According to Gizmodo, Intel is due to launch the next generation Centrino mobile platform, known as Calpella at the end...
2009-08-26
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Books Online (July 2009)
Microsoft has released the July 2009 standalone version of Books Online (BOL) for SQL Server 2008, which you can get...
2009-08-26
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PASS Call for Nominations
The call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors is open until Sep 3rd and I want to reiterate...
2009-08-26
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TSQLScripts.com – The Rebirth and the Script of the Week
About two years ago I started www.TSQLScripts.com, and initially the response was great. Within two weeks I had received about...
2009-08-26
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Work Habits
I enjoy woodworking as a hobby and as I try new things I find that my work habits during the...
2009-08-26
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Would You Like to Do Technical Reviews of Articles for PASS’s SQL Server Standard?
If you haven’t heard yet, PASS has started commissioning articles to be published in the new PDF version of the...
2009-08-26
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Writing Technical Articles - A Few Simple Tips
A few simple tips that I've learned over the years. Keep these in mind as you write your next article.
That...
2009-08-26
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Continuous Integration in a Development Environment using Red Gate Backup and SQL Compare
My co-worker and fellow DBA, Leigh Freijo has a blog entry about a Powershell script he created to re-integrate QA/Development database changes...
2009-08-25
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Database Mirroring Across Domains, Using Certificates.....
Database Mirroring w/o a Domain, Can be a Pain - but it can be done......
Have you ever had to setup mirroring...
2009-08-25
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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