I’m moving my permissions scripts to GitHub
I’ve written very few things that I’m more proud of than my permissions scripts, sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. These scripts are ... Continue reading
2019-05-30
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Blog Posts
Microsoft Build event announcements
Another Microsoft event and another bunch of exciting announcements. At the Microsoft Build event last week, the major announcements in the data platform and AI space were: Machine Learning...
2019-05-30 (first published: 2019-05-16)
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See you at SQLSaturday Dallas!
Both my wife and I will be speaking this weekend at SQLSaturday Dallas, back-to-back in room 1.102, and both on topics perfect for entry level IT pros, job seekers,...
2019-05-30
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Taking a gamble on Azure Data Studio Notebooks
If you’re a data professional or application developer chances are you’ve run into Microsoft SQL Server once or twice. I would think that the majority of SQL Server professionals...
2019-05-30
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DMV’s for the Beginner
I give performance presentations at many different events to all levels of SQL Server professionals. Over time I’ve noticed that some DBAs and developers have never looked at the...
2019-05-29 (first published: 2019-05-15)
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Scripting SQL Server objects with dbatools – Beyond default options
Probably you had the need to script out some objects from a SQL Server instance/database and this is quite easy. You just need to right click on the object...
2019-05-29 (first published: 2019-05-15)
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Untrusted FK's demo + ADS notebooks
Back in 2012 at SQLSaturday Pensacola, I did a lunch-time lightning talk on indexing, which was supposed to have a big finale on how FK's could silently help with...
2019-05-29
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12 Ways To Rewrite SQL Queries for Better Performance
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Over the past several week's I've been exploring ways to rewrite queries to improve execution performance.
I learned a lot of these techniques over time from...
2019-05-28
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12 Ways To Rewrite SQL Queries for Better Performance
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Over the past several week's I've been exploring ways to rewrite queries to improve execution performance.
I learned a lot of these techniques over time from...
2019-05-28
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CREATE DATABASE failed on SQL Server FCI cluster: Only formatted files on which the cluster resource of the server has a dependency can be used
Problem Today, I have a request to create a new database on two-node SQL Server 2016 failover cluster instance, which is in an active/passive configuration. I connected to the...
2019-05-28 (first published: 2019-05-14)
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Creating JSON III
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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