Sharding: Horizontal Scaling in Azure SQL Database
David has produced a talk all about Sharding. Or if you prefer horizontally scaling your Azure SQL database.
You can view...
2018-10-19 (first published: 2018-10-04)
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Blog Posts
SQL Server – Reading BACPAC Files
If you have been reading my blog for a while now you would know that a common technique to move...
2018-10-19
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Contextual View Part II or how to hide sensitive data
In this article I continue to explore the ways to secure the data via contextual views and describe the technique...
2018-10-18
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Creating Wait stats widget on Azure Data Studio for macOS
A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft released a new multi-platform tool called Azure Data Studio, this tool is the final...
2018-10-18 (first published: 2018-10-09)
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Step-by-Step: How to Trigger an Email Alert from Windows Performance Monitor
Windows Performance Counter Alerts can be configured to be triggered on any Performance Monitor (Perfmon) Counter through the use of...
2018-10-18
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The Project Graveyard
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #107 prompt by Jeff Mlakar. T-SQL Tuesday is a way...
2018-10-18 (first published: 2018-10-09)
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Fix SQL Server with one click
Tempting headline, isn’t it? It might even seem like clickbait, but that’s not the intention. The SQL Server default configuration...
2018-10-17
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Generate a random number of children for each parent
I was asked an interesting question the other day.
Is it possible to get a different random number of rows...
2018-10-17 (first published: 2018-10-03)
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How to Start Speaking
At the last few events I attended, I’ve gotten into conversations on how to begin as a speaker. So I...
2018-10-17
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Pagination pattern or how to fetch a large dataset for a web report.
In this post we will discuss how to fetch data from a large dataset for web applications using pagination technique....
2018-10-17
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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