New Business Cards
I ordered new business cards recently after I gave one to someone that needed to send me something and realized...
2009-01-29
1,570 reads
Blog Posts
All the Aggregate Data you Crave with Grouping Sets in SQL Server 2008
As reporting requirements increase, it seems that aggregate functions have thankfully risen to the occasion concurrently. To maintain its competitive edge...
2009-01-28
2,680 reads
Do You Want to Help Provide Feedback on a New Book I Am Writing?
Normally when I write a book, I create a book outline, give it to my editor for feedback, make some...
2009-01-28
4,077 reads
PASS Update #3
It's been busy since my last update, lots of stuff to work on! I probably won't get it all in...
2009-01-28
1,433 reads
Ruthless Focus - An Addendum
Forgot I had this, a friend had sent it to a while back as something I might blog about. Mike...
2009-01-28
1,359 reads
Who Do We Choose to Follow?
Think about your career and the managers, and potentially leaders, that you’ve had in your life. Think about life in...
2009-01-28
2,033 reads
Comulative Update package 3 for SQL Server 2008
Just to announced that we have now available the comulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2008!
This Update package...
2009-01-27
1,464 reads
DBA Education
I always consider taking seminars and technical conferences as a key component in my DBA education framework
Last week (Jan 21...
2009-01-27
1,740 reads
It's Your Ship
I saw this book (It's Your Ship) in a Barnes and Noble and the title and cover attracted me. So...
2009-01-27
1,779 reads
Ruthless Focus - A Different Type of Time Management Philosophy
If you could list all the reasons I work, the number one reason would be to support my family. My...
2009-01-27
1,590 reads
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