Microsoft SQL Server security best practices checklist
SQL Server is a repository of sensitive information for organizations, and that is why it is important to ensure that...
2013-07-15
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
Understanding SQL Server Database Restore Process
Data is a critical asset for an organization to keep information about their customers, inventory, products, purchasing, and financial stocks....
2013-07-15
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SQL Server Database Backups and Recovery Models – (Part 3)
Checkout the part-3 of my three part article series on SQL Server Database Backups and Recovery Modelshere, in which I discussed...
2013-07-15
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SQL Server Database Backups and Recovery Models – (Part 2)
Checkout the part-2 of my three part article series on SQL Server Database Backups and Recovery Modelshere, in which you’ll learn...
2013-07-15
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xVelocity Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2012
With the release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft introduced a new type of nonclustered index called xVelocity columnstore index in...
2013-06-12
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Centralized SSIS solution to monitor failed SQL Server Agent Jobs across the enterprise
SQL Server Agent Jobs are crucial to any SQL Server environment as they are created and scheduled to perform critical business...
2013-06-12
878 reads
SQL Server Transactions and Locking (Part 2)
Checkout the part-2 of my two part article series on SQL Server Transactions and Lockinghere, in which you will learn...
2013-06-12
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SQL Server Database Backups and Recovery Models – (Part 1)
Whether caused by hardware failure, software errors or malicious actions, there is always a possibility of data loss. You should...
2013-06-12
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Monitoring Blocked Processes with Event Notifications
SQL Server is able to service requests from a large number of concurrent users. When SQL Server is servicing requests...
2013-06-12
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Database index design and optimization: Some guidelines
Well-designed indexes are an important part of database optimization because they are the key factor in achieving optimal query performance and response...
2013-05-22
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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...
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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
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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