Testing SQL Server backups and offloading integrity checks
We have a fair number of pretty large databases, and I was having a hard time scheduling full integrity checks to run at least once a week. For a...
2021-05-18
20 reads
Blog Posts
2020 Advent of Code – Day 5
This series looks at the Advent of Code challenges. As one of my goals, I’m working through challenges. This post looks at day 5. I’m going to do this...
2021-05-17
16 reads
All jobs that ran during a given time frame.
Short post today. Simple query that will tell you every job that ran between two datetime stamps. Note: this of ... Continue reading
2021-05-17 (first published: 2021-05-06)
675 reads
Daily Coping 17 May 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...
2021-05-17
8 reads
One-click Portfolio Designs, Instant PDF Embeds, and More Improvements to the Block Editor
We have some exciting new block editor updates to share with you today including fresh collection of Portfolio block patterns, a new and improved way to embed a preview...
2021-05-17
22 reads
Powershell Practice with a War Game
I attended part of the recent PowerShell + DevOps summit, and one of the sessions was from Fernando Tomlinson (@wired_pulse and @underthewire_ps) on incident response. He talked about a number...
2021-05-17 (first published: 2021-05-05)
515 reads
Tech Field Day 23 Recap
April 21 to 23 saw a new milestone for me. I was a new delegate for the 23rd Tech Field Day! It’s an absolute honor and thrill to be...
2021-05-17
23 reads
What’s new with Power BI?
At the Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2021, a ton of new features for Power BI where announced. Below is my list of top ten new features, but there were...
2021-05-17
13 reads
Daily Coping 14 May 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...
2021-05-14
12 reads
Query Store on Azure SQL Database
Under the covers, Azure SQL Database is just good old fashioned SQL Server and this includes Query Store on Azure. While many things can be different when working with...
2021-05-14 (first published: 2021-05-03)
209 reads
Blogs
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
Forums
Creating a JSON Document I
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Creating a JSON Document I
Who is Irresponsible?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Who is Irresponsible?
Designing Database Changes Before Deployment: Level 1 of the Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Designing Database Changes Before Deployment:...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
See possible answers