Checking Time Zones in SQL Server
I was building some basic queries around time zone manipulation and I am happy to say that I enjoyed myself...
2017-01-13
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All About SQL
I used to shrink my databases!
This is an entry level post and a response to SQLEspresso’s blog challenge(http://sqlespresso.com/2017/01/10/ooops-was-that-was-me-blog-challenge) where we share mistakes from our “younger”...
2017-01-11
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SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests
T-SQL Tuesday #86: SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests hosted by Brent Ozar. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/01/announcing-t-sql-tuesday-87-sql-server-bugs-enhancement-requests/ I did not want to miss out...
2017-01-10
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Clearing Plan Cache in SQL Database (Azure)
Sometimes when in a testing mode I do like to clear cache within my SQL database (Azure). Nowadays a lot...
2017-01-05
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Checking DBCC CHECKDB
I hope you run consistency checks on your databases, if you are not currently doing this you probably will want to....
2017-01-03
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Why I am called BlobEater
It’s coming towards the holiday season for me and I thought that I would wind-down a little with a non-technical...
2016-12-17
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Locking Resources in Azure
I look at locking resources within Azure as a safety mechanism where it can protect users from accidental deletion, it...
2016-12-16
520 reads
CHECKDB and Page Restoring from SSMS
Did you know that you can run DBCC CHECKDB (WITH PHYSICAL_ONLY) and issue page restores from SSMS (SQL Server Management...
2016-12-15
468 reads
Don’t blink you might READPAST it
Following on from my previous post on NOLOCK (https://blobeater.blog/2016/12/09/nolock/) I want to talk about another hint called READPAST. This hint tells...
2016-12-13
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NOLOCK
NOLOCK, some say it’s a fast option for queries and will never cause blocking, I say it’s quite dirty and...
2016-12-09
2,325 reads
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers