One tip for presenting: have a conversation
I like public speaking, but I haven’t always liked it. It started when I read Dale Carnegie’s book on public...
2019-01-05
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Blog Posts
Short Circuiting Your Session
It isn't very often that one would consider a short circuit to be a desired outcome. In SQL Server we have a cool exception to that rule - Extended...
2019-01-05
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Automatic Tuning Monitoring and Diagnostics
Thanks to Extended Events (XE), we have access to a guide of sorts that will help us better understand if our shiny new tool (automatic tuning) is operating as...
2019-01-04
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Fun Time Friday: New Year! Drones, Autism and SQL Server 2008
Welcome to the first Fun Time Friday of 2019 and with that I'd like to wish a very Happy New...
2019-01-04
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Fun Time Friday: New Year! Drones, Autism and SQL Server 2008
Welcome to the first Fun Time Friday of 2019 and with that I'd like to wish a very Happy New Year to our friends, customers and clients.
SQL Server 2008...
2019-01-04
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How to upload a vagrant file while provision a server
How to upload a vagrant file while provisioning a server
I was recently introduced to vagrant and i found it very interesting. I picked up a task that which is creating...
2019-01-04
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How to upload a vagrant file while provision a server
How to upload a vagrant file while provisioning a server
I was recently introduced to vagrant and i found it very interesting. I picked up a task that which is creating...
2019-01-04
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Identity Gaps–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2019-01-04 (first published: 2018-12-26)
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Looking Forward
2018 has come and gone. And we’re on a new year once again. This is another opportunity for a new...
2019-01-04
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Query memory grants part 1: Where does the memory go?
Let’s talk about how queries use memory, specifically in the execution plan. One of the query operators that use memory...
2019-01-04
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Blogs
What DevOps Look Like in Microsoft Fabric
By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
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Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers