Who did what to my database and when…
One of the most popular questions on forums / SO etc is, “How can i find out who dropped a table,...
2016-08-30 (first published: 2016-08-22)
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Dave Ballantynes blog
Why is creating excel sheets from SSIS so hard ?
If there is one process that should be simpler than it is out of the box, it is creating Excel...
2016-06-17
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.Net 4.6.1 and MultiSubnetFailover
Im not a big clustering/HA expert, but I obviously understand the need for such things to exist
However, the standard...
2016-03-24
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A journey to a movie recommender in U-SQL
I haven’t gotten to involved in the whole “Big Data” movement to much, I’ve kept an arms length watch and...
2016-03-23 (first published: 2016-03-20)
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A first look at SQL Server 2016–String_split
I’ve been developing T-SQL for about 20 years now and almost since day one there has been functionality that , IMO,...
2016-03-13
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My favourite wait state– ASYNC_NETWORK_IO
Sometimes it does feel that a problem is a database problem until proven otherwise. When this does occur I have...
2016-03-03 (first published: 2016-02-28)
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SQL Saturday 496 Exeter – PreCon Agenda
Hi
Unfortunately due to matters outside of my control, SQL Saturday 502 in Edinburgh has been cancelled, I would like...
2016-02-14
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SQL From South West to Scotland : SQLSaturdays #496 & #502
I’m happy, honoured and humbled to be able to say that I will be presenting pre-cons and both SQL Saturday...
2016-01-17
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A first look at Redgate Reference Data Manager
Over the past few years one of the big drives and innovations in the SQL Server world, has been to bring...
2016-01-05
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SQL Saturday 467 - Precon - Query processing and internals
Im not doing a tremendous amount of public speaking this year and concentrating on more professional matters, however im pleased...
2015-10-04
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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...
Forums
setting an ssis param dynamicaly when the sql agent job runs
hi i was hoping for a more elegant way of setting a pkg level...
Query compile/runtime issue
I have a plan which in sys.query_store_plan shows: Last_compile_start_time of 2026-04-23 00:13:00.7670000 +00:00 Last_execution_time...
Hiring: Financial SQL Systems Administrator
Fisher Phillips is looking for a Financial Systems Administrator to help support and improve our financial...
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 n;See possible answers