T-SQL Tuesday #51: Is this a bet worth making?
On the second Tuesday of each month, the SQL Server universe all comes together to blog about a topic. Known...
2014-02-14 (first published: 2014-02-11)
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
SQL Prompt – new features in version 6.x
I’ve been using SQL Prompt for years. In September 2013, version 6 was released (quickly followed by 6.1 in late...
2014-01-31 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Assumptions and clusters – the double whammy
I was recently investigating an issue that stemmed from a database being in the recovery_pending state. A quick investigation through...
2014-01-20
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TSQL Tuesday #50 – Automation – Verifying the Backup Chain
I was recently just letting my mind wander. As it’s prone to do, all sorts of things just entered into...
2014-01-14
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Interview Questions – what to ask the company interviewing you
Previously, I posted a list of interview questions that I ask job candidates. This post is about the questions that...
2014-01-10 (first published: 2014-01-06)
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Are CHECKSUMs being performed with a Compressed Backup?
Now, why in the world would I be asking a question like this?
Well, in BOL (BACKUP) is this little blurb:
CHECKSUM
Specifies...
2014-01-06 (first published: 2013-12-30)
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T-SQL Tuesday #48 – My take on the cloud
So here it is, the second Tuesday of the month. This means that it is time for our favorite Tuesday...
2013-11-13
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The Failed Job
I was looking into a failed job on a SQL Server 2008R2 instance. My first step was to check the...
2013-11-15 (first published: 2013-11-07)
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Murder They Wrote
For those of you that know me, you know that I enjoy learning, and passing on what I have learned...
2013-11-06
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Retiring of the MCM Certifications, Part II
Image acquired from Twitter
In my recent blog post on “Retiring of the MCM Certifications”, there is a link to a...
2013-09-03
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Blogs
Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
Impactful Sessions I’ve Seen: T-SQL Tuesday #196
By Steve Jones
This month I’m thrilled that Steve Hughes is hosting. I’ve read this Data on...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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