Set DAC port with a specific number
Usually named instance can uses dynamic port, if firewall setup on the server, you can use SQL Server Configuration Manager...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
5,076 reads
James' SQL Footprint
Use delegated session configuration in Powershell 3.0
Powershell 3.0 has many new feature, and they are useful in some circumstance.
let's say User A log in server A,...
2013-04-05
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Compression Backup with BUFFERCOUNT parameter
If you want to make you backup faster, you can try BUFFERCOUNT parameter with compression backup.
From Book Online description:
BUFFERCOUNT = { buffercount | @buffercount_variable...
2013-04-03
3,123 reads
Get Perfmon data with Powershell
Sometimes you just want to have a look at the system performance, or you feel tired with log on the server, open...
2013-02-21
2,134 reads
"Auto update statistics" option on tempdb
"Auto update statistics" option is enabled by default on tempdb, if it is disabled, you may get trouble in some...
2013-01-28
2,917 reads
Got "Cannot generate SSPI context" error message after changing sql service account
Today I changed a sql server service startup account during testing, then when I tried to connect sql server with...
2013-01-19
12,474 reads
Row of nonclustered index page
Below is the formula of calculating the row size of non-clustered index page
so unique non-clustered index created on unique clustered index use smallest...
2013-01-04
1,195 reads
Heap might take more space than clustered Index when inserting row
Sometimes when you insert row on heap, even if the page has enough free space, the new row can not...
2013-01-03
954 reads
Test Hadoop cluster on vmware
SQL Server MVP Jeremiah Peschka posted 2 articles about Hadoop, which makes me be interested on the nosql skill.
I don't have much knowledge...
2012-12-29
2,842 reads
Explore file physical structure - IAM
1. Create sample db
use master
go
CREATE DATABASE [test] ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'test', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master\test.mdf' , SIZE = 2048KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB...
2012-11-25
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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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