Haidong Ji blogs on a tip for learning Perl
Haidong Ji, co-author of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, blogged on Learning Perl using the Perl Debugger. Haidong posts...
2006-07-27
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Blog Posts
Interview with Craig Mundie on Channel 9
Channel 9 has posted a 25 minute interview with Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer for Microsoft. You can...
2006-07-27
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New SQL Server 2005 Books Online download available
As reported in several other places... there is a new Books Online (July 2006) for SQL Server 2005. You can...
2006-07-25
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Before you submit that incident to Microsoft...
Check out this post:
Things to consider before submitting an incident to Microsoft
Getting the information together before you make that phone...
2006-07-20
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Presenting at Columbia, SC DotNet User Group
I'll be presenting at the DotNet Columbia SC User Group on August 8th.
My presentation is tentatively titled, "Something old, something...
2006-07-20
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The Plumbing Behind MSDN 2
There is a very interesting article about how MSDN 2 utilizes SQL
Server 2005 technologies, specifically Service Broker and CLR
integration. The...
2006-07-20
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Free Data Models
I saw this on a Channel 9 forum thread:
Library of Free Data Models
There are quite a few starter data models...
2006-07-19
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Get a Better Understanding of How Queries Execute
I was catching up on my blog reading (unfortunately, in some cases I'm
a month behind) and came across a link...
2006-07-14
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New KB Article on SQL Server 2005 File Growth Bug
There is are two new KB articles on how the file growth value can become abnormally large. You can find...
2006-07-13
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A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident
Found this link on one of the security mailing lists I peruse. You can find an archive of the original...
2006-07-11
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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