Happy Veterans Day to my SQL Brothers and Sisters!
Thank you all for your service!
I was fortunate to have attended PASS Summit again this year. As an added bonus...
2018-11-11
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Blog Posts
Last week reading (2018-11-11)
Hello folks, how are you today? It was a very comprehensive week and many of my friends returned home after...
2018-11-11
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Data Classification in SQL Server 2019
One of the areas that Redgate is working on is making data classification easier. Microsoft added some capabilities to SSMS...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 2
In my previous blog post of this topic, I talked about the definition of what GDPR is and also described...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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PASS Summit Cosmos DB Demo Code
As part of the PASS Summit conference session that Bob Pusateri and I are presenting right now called “Cosmos DB...
2018-11-09
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be...
2018-11-09
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be visibly represented as the wrinkles on your face. Other...
2018-11-09
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Vote for the PASS Board of Directors
Voting is open for the PASS Board of Directors. It’s a non-event this year, with three open positions and three...
2018-11-09
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Creating a Quick Dashboard Widget
I read Carlos Robles blog on creating an Azure Data Studio (ADS) insight widget and decided to try this for...
2018-11-08
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Enable Machine Learning Services on SQL Server
R Services (SQL Server 2016) or Machine Learning Services (2017 and 2019 CTP) provide you with the ability to perform...
2018-11-08
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
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...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
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;
What are the results? See possible answers