SQL Express and the Curse of the Perfmon Counters
On a dark and spooky night in the land of SQL Server make-believe, a young warrior was asked to slay...
2012-02-05
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Kyle Neier
Delivering Three PTI SQL 2012 Firestarter Webcasts
I have been given the opportunity to deliver a few webcasts about some of the new features of SQL Server...
2012-02-03
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Verifying Last Successful CheckDB with Powershell and SMO - sorta
A few years ago, I wrote a script that was published on SQLServerCentral.com about how to verify the last successful...
2012-02-03
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Eliminating Successful Backup messages with Powershell and SMO
As a DBA, I enjoy knowing that the better job I do, the less likely it is that any of...
2012-01-17
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Safely Restart SQL Agent with Powershell
I recently had to enable tokens in SQL Agent across about 50 instances. Unfortunately, enabling tokens requires a SQL Agent...
2012-01-05
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Modifying SQL Server Synonyms – this time with Powershell
So, how do you recover from the Holidays? Hot Cocoa by the fire? Relaxing evening with your spouse watching an...
2011-12-26
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Modifying SQL Server Synonyms
One task that often needs to be done when migrating a database to production for the first time is to...
2011-12-20
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Adding Servers to SQL CMS (Central Management Server) using Powershell
One challenge I’ve had recently is getting a list of servers imported in to a CMS (Central Management Server). While...
2011-12-13
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Sp_altermessage “Classic”, much better than “New” sp_altermessage
I was reading through the SQL Server 2005 SP3 release notes yesterday (sadly, it was enjoyable) and clicked through to...
2008-12-19
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OLEDB Wait Stats in SQL Server 2005
Over the past several months, I’ve started diving into the world of wait stats on my instances. An ever present...
2008-12-03
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Blogs
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...
Beware of Generic SQL Server License Keys (What to Use Instead)
By SQLPals
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Creating a JSON Document II
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Backing Up Azure Key Vault EKM Key: Stairway to TDE Level 6
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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;See possible answers