SQL Server – So you like to shrink do you?
If you do – shame on you and shame on me because I do.
Moving on, I found strange behaviour within SQL...
2017-08-16
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All About SQL
Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting #4 – Losing Control?
So the decision to move to the cloud has been made but there is a fear from people that once...
2017-08-25 (first published: 2017-08-14)
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Interviews and Oranges
What a great topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday hosted by Kendra Little https://littlekendra.com/2017/08/01/tsql-tuesday-93-interviewing-patterns-anti-patterns/
The topic being: Interviewing Patterns and Anti-Patterns....
2017-08-08
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Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting #3 – There is no going back?
Once you go cloud, there is no going back. This is false and from a database perspective you can migrate...
2017-08-07
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Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting #2 – Seeking for Better Performance
We all want high performing applications and when you are in the cloud that is no different, if anything it...
2017-08-07 (first published: 2017-07-20)
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Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting #1 – Security
So here we go, the first installment of my cloud blog series. From my experience this concern is a common...
2017-07-26 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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SQL Server Rookie Mistakes
A quick elementary post which is my entry to this months’ T-SQL Tuesday entry hosted by a good friend SQLDoubleG...
2017-07-20 (first published: 2017-07-11)
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Using SQL Server Diagnostics (Preview)
I was VERY excited when I read the following tweet (below) from Bob Ward regarding SQL Server Diagnostics capability. What...
2017-06-27
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Blog Series: Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting
I have decided to do a 4-part series on Cloud “Fear Busting” scenarios. Why? Over the past few years working...
2017-06-22
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SQL Server TDE – Is TempDB Encrypted?
A really quick one today, something that made me think for a minute and I thought it might make others...
2017-06-19
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Blogs
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Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
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One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
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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