Farewell, Gareth Swanepoel
Not easy to say, Gareth passed away a few days ago. We’d both gotten busy and with Covid added in, we had not caught up in a while. Now,...
2021-01-14
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Blog Posts
Query to list all the procedures and triggers not having SET NOCOUNT ON defined
It is a tiny query in size but can play a crucial role to avoid overhead, caused due to missing SET NOCOUNT ON definition in the stored procedures and...
2021-01-14
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SQLSaturday Doesn’t Have to Be a Platform
When we built the first SQLSaturday it was about 2 pages of HTML. No login, no tools, just get it done. Worked ok. Didn’t work so well for the...
2021-01-14
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T-SQL script to find hierarchy of tables – Row-wise result
As I promised in my previous post T-SQL script to find hierarchy of tables – Columnar result – SQL Server Carpenter, here is another version of the query to...
2021-01-14 (first published: 2021-01-07)
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Using Amazon FSx for SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances – What You Need to Know!
Intro If you are considering deploying your own Microsoft SQL Server instances in AWS EC2 you have some decisions to make regarding the resiliency of the solution. Sure, AWS...
2021-01-14 (first published: 2021-01-08)
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Daily Coping 13 Jan 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...
2021-01-13
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EightKB is coming!
The next EightKB is coming on January 27th, kicking off at 2pm UTC. Once again we have 5 mind melting sessions on 5 in-depth SQL Server internals topics, from...
2021-01-13 (first published: 2021-01-07)
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Power BI: Data Model Optimization
Saving the Day from Delay Part 1 Optimizing your data model can be a daunting task. If you read the intro to this series, you know one of the...
2021-01-13
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Top 3 Easy Help Queries for XEvents in Azure SQL
These are a few simple queries to help you along your way to becoming better acquainted w/ XEvents in Azure SQL. These queries will make XEvents easier for you!
The...
2021-01-13 (first published: 2021-01-04)
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T-SQL Tuesday #133 - Taking a Break
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community blogger each month, and this month James McGillivray (blog | twitter) asks us about our views on...
2021-01-13
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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...
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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;
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