Did you know…you can’t do arithmetic operations with datetime2 like with datetime?
I’m currently working on a SQL code migration from Firebird to SQL Server and I hit an error that I...
2018-04-11 (first published: 2018-04-06)
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Cláudio Silva
dbachecks – A different approach for an in-progress and incremental validation
dbachecks is a new PowerShell module from the SQL Server Community! For more information, read introducing dbachecks. If you don't...
2018-02-22
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dbachecks – Using Power BI dashboards to analyse results
For the last couple of months, members of the dbatools team have been working on a new PowerShell module called...
2018-02-22
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I will be speaking at SQL Bits 2018
In two weeks from now, on 23rd of February, I will be speaking at SQLBits 2018! It’s my first time on the largest SQL Server conference in Europe for...
2018-02-09
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Using dbatools to verify your SQL Server instances version compliance
One of the main DBA's duties is to guarantee that SQL Server instances are up-to-date in terms of patches (Service...
2018-01-23
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New version of sp_WhoIsActive (v11.20) is available – Deployed on 123 instances in less than 1 minute
Last night, I received Adam Machanic's (b | t) newsletter "Announcing sp_whoisactive v11.20: Live Query Plans". For those who don't know...
2017-12-15 (first published: 2017-12-05)
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New version of sp_WhoIsActive (v11.20) is available - Deployed on 123 instances in less than 1 minute
Last night, I received Adam Machanic’s (b | t) newsletter “Announcing sp_whoisactive v11.20: Live Query Plans”.
For those who don’t know about it, sp_WhoIsActive is a stored procedure that provides...
2017-12-05
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Using Common Table Expression (CTE) – Did you know…
Today I will write just a short blog post to do a quick reminder! I still hear a lot of...
2017-11-30
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Using Common Table Expression (CTE) - Did you know...
Today I will write just a short blog post to do a quick reminder!
I still hear a lot of people suggesting CTEs because they think it works like a...
2017-11-30
11 reads
TSQL Tuesday #96: Folks Who Have Made a Difference
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by Ewald Cress (blog | twitter) and is all about “folks who have made a difference” in our careers.
Thank you, Ewald! This is...
2017-11-14
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Blogs
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...
Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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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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