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
862 reads
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
739 reads
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
12 reads
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
707 reads
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
8 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
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
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