SQL Azure
SQL Azure is a cloud-based service from Microsoft that uses a special version of SQL Server as its backend. SQL Azure...
2012-02-10
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James Serra's Blog
What is Microsoft Connect?
Microsoft Connect (blog, twitter) is a site where you can post feedback to improve the quality of many Microsoft products and...
2012-02-08
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Data Quality Services
Data Quality Services (DQS) is a brand new feature in SQL Server 2012. In short, DQS enables you to build a...
2012-02-09 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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Slowly Changing Dimensions
When designing a data warehouse, how you handle changes to dimensional data over time is the most important decision to make. It...
2012-02-03
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Need to create a time dimension down to the millisecond?
Ok, I know that creating a time dimension down to the millisecond is extremely rare. After all, we are talking...
2012-02-01
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Complex reporting off a SSAS cube
While using a cube in SSAS is usually a great source for reporting, it is not always the best choice....
2012-01-30
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SSAS fact table dilemma
Here is a situation I ran into recently concerning using a fact table in SSAS. This experience may help you out if...
2012-01-27
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Improving cube processing time
As your SSAS cube gets bigger, cube processing time will become a problem. This is especially true as more and...
2012-01-25
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Want to recruit me? Please follow these rules
I get 15-30 calls/emails a week from recruiters (not counting the dozens of auto-generated emails I get). Being a contractor...
2012-01-23
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PASS Summit session videos online
If you are interested in viewing the recorded sessions for the PASS Summit 2011, you can order the DVD. You...
2012-01-20
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Blogs
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...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Forums
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Creating JSON III
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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;
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