SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 5
We’re now on Part 5 of our SQL Server Reporting Services Basics Series. In this installment, we’ll learn how to...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-09)
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Blog Posts
There is Now A Delete Activity in Data Factory V2!
Data Factory can be a great tool for cloud and hybrid data integration. But since its inception, it was less...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-07)
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Using docker named volumes to persist databases in SQL Server
I’ve previously talked about using named volumes to persist SQL Server databases but in that post I only used one...
2019-03-21
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Disabling and enabling triggers
I tend to feel that a lot of people who use triggers don’t really understand them. That said, every now...
2019-03-20 (first published: 2019-03-06)
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Filelistonly and headeronly – Find SQL server version from backup and use of header only version, ldf mdf size and LSN restore and file list only logical name.
Problem: SQL server database refresh / restore...
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2019-03-20
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Filelistonly and headeronly – Find SQL server version from backup and use of header only version, ldf mdf size and LSN restore and file list only logical name.
Problem: SQL server database refresh / restore...
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2019-03-20
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SheLeadsTech Community
ISACA, which is primarily an Audit and Compliance professional organization, has recently started an initiative with the following purpose:
ISACA’s SheLeadsTech...
2019-03-20
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Sizing your Azure SQL Database
Do you want to identify the correct Service Tier and Compute Size ( was once known as performance level) for your...
2019-03-20
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The Curiously Large CASE Statement
A powerful little expression in SQL Server is the CASE statement. The CASE statement has the ability to "transform" data per business rules to help better understand the data...
2019-03-20
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The free SQL to Excel Export tool
Earlier this month I released a new, free tool to export SQL Server query data to Excel files without needing Excel....
2019-03-20
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Blogs
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them Introducing PlanTrace — a free, browser-based...
A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon
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I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know...
Deploying AI in logistics (the unfiltered version)
A conversation with Jan Laš, CIO at HOPI, about what deploying a data agent...
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SPAM Issues May 2026
We suffered a SPAM attack from May 1-6, which unfortunately corresponded with time off...
SQL Password enforcing
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SQL Password enforcing
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
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 TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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