Thoughts from The Cuckoo's Egg
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll has been around for a while, having been published in 1989. It details how...
2007-04-06
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Blog Posts
Hot Fixes
I wrote about Hot Fixes being inclusive of previous hot fixes. Someone questioned this and so I went back to...
2007-04-03
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Post Timeouts
Well one problem was solved. Or at least identified.
We've had an issue for a few years where you'd hit the...
2007-03-31
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Late Projects
I was talking with Andy Warren, my partner and fellow partner here, today about the Code Camp in Orlando last...
2007-03-27
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Ambition
I was always someone that was ambitious as a kid. For whatever reason, I've been driven most of my life...
2007-03-22
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Updated Website
I've taken some time to update my website. In particular I have updated:
ArticlesReading ListChess Reading List
Nothing fancy or special, but...
2007-03-20
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Whitepaper on ESX Server 3.0 and SAN-attached Storage
First saw this at Blade Watch. VMWare has released a white paper on using SANs with VMWare ESX Server 3.0....
2007-03-20
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SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices Whitepaper Released
Saw this first here: SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices. It's on the blog for Microsoft UK's SQL Server Premier...
2007-03-19
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Windows PowerShell and Windows Server 2003 SP2
Saw this on the Windows PowerShell blog:
Since W2K3 SP2 is an update to W2K3 SP1, if you install Powershell on...
2007-03-19
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"Wet" Pet Food Recall
Animals are near and dear to my heart, to the point where I have a cat even though I am...
2007-03-17
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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