Catching Up on The #SQLPASS Virtual Chapters
(Didn't realize until I was posting that this was my 100th post...whew!)
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A few months ago we purchased a new "smart"...
2016-05-17
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Upcoming SQL Saturdays - June 2016
I am speaking at two different SQL Saturdays in June!
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First up on June 4th is SQL Saturday #517 Philadelphia (#SQLSAT517)...
2016-05-12
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SQL 2016 - The Time Has Come!
Microsoft dropped it on us this morning:
Get ready, SQL Server 2016 coming on June 1st
https://media.makeameme.org/created/yes-finally.jpg
I read the article and was...
2016-05-02
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Where Is My Primary Replica Again?
We have many clients with multi-node Availability Groups - that is, AGs with more than two replicas. One of the problems...
2016-05-03 (first published: 2016-04-22)
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How Long Did That Job Run?
When you use the msdb tables to try to gather information on your SQL Server Agent jobs, inevitably you will...
2016-04-21 (first published: 2016-04-14)
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Don't Use Delimiters In Your Object Names!
It started with a failed backup status check:
Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Line 73
** Backups listed in this file...
2016-04-04
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Why I Love #SQLSaturday
PASS SQLSaturdays are free 1-day training events for SQL Server professionals that focus on local speakers, providing a variety of...
2016-03-28
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Pulling Security Info
A frequent request I receive is to pull a list of logins/users with certain accesses, role memberships, etc.
I had a...
2016-04-07 (first published: 2016-03-24)
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Update Your Scripts!
I had an incident today where a colleague was running a Wait Stats Report and the output looked like this:
As...
2016-03-15 (first published: 2016-03-09)
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Another Source of Knowledge
It started with a tweet from one the many members of the #sqlfamily who always has something meaningful to say,...
2016-03-07 (first published: 2016-03-01)
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Blogs
Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
Impactful Sessions I’ve Seen: T-SQL Tuesday #196
By Steve Jones
This month I’m thrilled that Steve Hughes is hosting. I’ve read this Data on...
Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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