SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017
With only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year in review post. Below you'll find some of my top 5...
2017-12-26
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Bert Wagner
How To Create Multi-Object JSON Arrays in SQL Server
Recently I was discussing with Peter Saverman whether it would be possible to take some database tables that look like...
2017-12-19
7,618 reads
How To Create Multi-Object JSON Arrays in SQL Server
Recently I was discussing with Peter Saverman whether it would be possible to take some database tables that look like this:
And output them so that the Cars and Toys...
2017-12-19
112 reads
Reducing the Number of Reads in Your Queries
“A-Bridged” – reducing reads – get it? I’m sorry you’re reading this. Photo by Jamie Street on UnsplashIn last week’s post, we went over how...
2017-12-12
215 reads
Reducing the Number of Reads in Your Queries
In last week's post, we went over how one of best ways to improve query performance was to reduce the number of reads that your query has to do.
Less reads...
2017-12-12
7 reads
Learning Through Blogging and Speaking
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday prompt created by Mala Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday was created by...
2017-12-12
164 reads
Learning Through Blogging and Speaking
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday prompt created by Mala Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday was created by Adam Machanic and is a way for SQL users...
2017-12-12
3 reads
How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server’s STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.Usually the goal of performance tuning...
2017-12-05
3,074 reads
How to use Statistics IO to Improve Your Query Performance
SQL Server's STATISTICS IO reporting is a great tool to help you performance tune queries.
Usually the goal of performance tuning is to make your query run faster. One of...
2017-12-05
60 reads
My Favorite SSMS Shortcut (After Copy/Paste)
Photo by Abhishek Desai on UnsplashIf there’s one keyboard shortcut I use more than any other (with the exception of...
2017-11-28
233 reads
Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
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