Running MySQL on a VSTS build agent
I had a requirement to run MySQL on a VSTS hosted build agent and then to be able to run commands from outside of the container and this gave...
2018-05-08
5 reads
Ed Elliott's Sql Developer Blog
Database testing and ETL processes
Unit testing using tSQLt is really great, you call FakeTable on any tables your code touches and then insert the...
2018-05-10 (first published: 2018-05-01)
3,008 reads
Database testing and ETL processes
Unit testing using tSQLt is really great, you call FakeTable on any tables your code touches and then insert the columns and rows your test actually need, nothing more,...
2018-05-01
3 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{
"comments":...
2018-04-05
314 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments":...
2018-04-05
188 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments":...
2018-04-05
127 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments": "Managed Disk.", "type": "Microsoft.Compute/disks", "name": "[variables('diskName')]", "apiVersion": "2016-04-30-preview", "location":...
2018-04-05
2 reads
Why didn't my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-09 (first published: 2018-04-04)
1,653 reads
Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-04
134 reads
Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-04
124 reads
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Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers