You can’t DELETE TOP (x) with an ORDER BY
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DELETE TOP (10)
FROM SalesOrderDetail
ORDER BY SalesOrderID DESC;Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 8
Incorrect...
2018-09-27 (first published: 2018-09-19)
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Blog Posts
#Ignite2018 Session: Ensure application availability with cloud-based disaster recovery, Azure Site Recovery #SAP #BusinessContinuity
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Azure Cognitive Services – Language APIs
In today’s post focusing on Azure Cognitive Analytics, I’ll look at the Language Analytics APIs that are available. These language...
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Azure Database Migration Service (DMS)
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Azure means hybrid now
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Azure Outage Post-Mortem Part 3
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Best Hidden Feature in SQL Server 2019
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Best Hidden Feature in SQL Server 2019
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Book Review – Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE
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CCI Bulk Load Pitfalls 2 – Parametrization of Dynamic SQL
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In the last blog I showed how important statistics are for CCI bulk load even on small tables. This time...
2018-09-26
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Blogs
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.[key]
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers