Training
I'm kind of stunned. I have asked 6 people to go to the PASS conference over the last 4 days...
2007-09-17
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Blog Posts
Off to the PASS Summit in Denver
I'm flying out tomorrow for the event and looking forward to it, nice break from the office/work routine, a chance...
2007-09-16
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$4
So I got a final count of referrals from the PASS conference yesterday and it was 183, so thanks to...
2007-09-14
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Stealth Updates
Editorial coming next week, but so far this is amazing to me. Microsoft's stealth updates of their client update tool....
2007-09-14
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The Challenges of Podcasting
OK, here's one take. Not sure if it's any good, but it's a start.
No live editorials yet. I've been working...
2007-09-13
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Podcasting
I'm working on getting a small studio set up for some podcasting of the editorials. That means I put a...
2007-09-12
2,228 reads
Dell Selling an iSCSI Box
Saw an plug for it from our sales rep yesterday, MD3000i. Starts at $7300 with just a couple drives, goes...
2007-09-11
485 reads
How Many Good Hours Do Employees Work?
You might call me a bean counter, but it's a fact that every manager needs to manage the distractions that...
2007-09-11
513 reads
SQL 2008 CTP4 Available - If you have time!
Makes me yearn for a faster connection, about a 2300 mb download to get all the various pieces and if...
2007-09-10
1,250 reads
SQLSaturday - Who are the Customers?
For those who might not have browsed previous posts I'm heading up a free one day training event called SQLSaturday...
2007-09-10
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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