Katmai Manageability
The database manages itself. Not totally, but close to it. It was an
analogy made by Dan Jones with cars. Auto...
2007-06-06
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Blog Posts
Southern BBQ
Last night I went out with Tony Davis of Simple Talk and Alan White, a
longtime author for both here and...
2007-06-06
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SQL Server 2005 Security
It's a similar theme, off by default if it makes sense, minimize surface area.
Recommendations: for new installs, leave stuff off...
2007-06-06
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Beyond Relational
I missed this yesterday, but I saw it on the schedule again, and I knew
I had to make this one....
2007-06-05
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DBCC Internals
CHECKDB
- needs consistent view of the db. Needs to do this without locking. In
SQL Server 2000 log analysis is used....
2007-06-05
1,858 reads
Maintenance in SS2K5
Andrew Kelley from Solid Quality Learning did this one, which was good.
I was worried it would be about maintenance plans,...
2007-06-05
1,563 reads
Reunion
We're not partners anymore in SQLServerCentral.com, but Andy, Brian,
and myself got together last night for dinner. We haven't seen each
other...
2007-06-05
622 reads
SQL Server 2005 Tools
A good talk on the tools from the guy that's responsible for SSMS,
Configuration Manager, Maintenance plans, Surface Area Configuration
Wizard, and...
2007-06-05
620 reads
SQL Server Always On
Everyone wants 5 9's of uptime, 24x7 support, and instant fixes for
issues with their database server. Never mind that I'd...
2007-06-05
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Clustered Index Seek or Key Lookup
When I teach performance tuning I always remind students to be cautious about service packs because things you "know" may...
2007-06-04
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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