Virtual Presentations: A Presenters Perspective
While we are clearly beginning to see in-person events on the calendar, the vast majority of presentations, events, talks, etc., are virtual. There are a lot of positives to...
2021-06-29
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Blog Posts
A Weekly SQL Clone Image Creation Process
SQL Clone is a neat product from Redgate that I wish I’d have had when I was doing database software development. It lets me have a consistent image for...
2021-06-28 (first published: 2021-06-16)
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Daily Coping 28 Jun 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-28
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Server Review Essentials for Accidental and Junior DBAs—Prepping for Server Reviews
Welcome back to our series, Server Review Essentials for Accidental and Junior DBAs, where we’ve been taking an in-depth look at how to get ready to perform regular SQL...
2021-06-28 (first published: 2021-06-16)
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Azure SQL Database High Availability
Business Continuity in Azure SQL database is about the mechanism, policies and procedures that enable business to operate in the face of disruption such as(more...)
2021-06-26
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Daily Coping 25 Jun 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-25
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Hobby: Original Batmobile (1989) from Lego
Man does not live by work alone. Everyone needs a hobby, preferably in isolation from their daily work. There is not much to read in this post. As a...
2021-06-25
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Let’s Celebrate Pride by Supporting Nonprofits
For Pride this year, we’re highlighting queer nonprofits and charities. It’s more important than ever to support the queer community and raise awareness for those who do so all...
2021-06-25 (first published: 2021-06-15)
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Rejected for a Speaking Submission
I got a speaking rejection today. Well, not today, but the day I wrote this. Not really a big deal, but it was interesting that the event organizer included...
2021-06-25
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Using SQL Compare for One Procedure
A customer recently was concerned about the time to run SQL Compare for a large database. They were synching with the command line, but at times they want to...
2021-06-25 (first published: 2021-06-11)
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Blogs
Data Engineering Books Worth Having on Your Shelf (or your tablet)
Good documentation gets you started. Good books get you deep. After years of working...
SSMS Evaluation – future ready
By Vinay Thakur
In previous posts, we looked at the SQL Server engine. for us DBAs, the...
Claude.ai vs Claude API
By Arun Sirpal
You have used Claude. But which Claude? The Claude app (claude.ai, the desktop and...
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Restoring Azure Key Vault Keys and Validating SQL Server TDE Recovery: Level 7 of the Stairway to TDE
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Permissions Removal When Changing Object Schema
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document IV
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT YearEstablished, json_objectagg(city : TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams GROUP BY YearEstablished;See possible answers