Interview Trick Questions
Today, I am diverging from the more technical posts that I routinely share. Instead, as the title suggests, I want...
2019-02-25 (first published: 2019-02-04)
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Interview Trick Questions
Anybody that has interviewed for a job has most likely run into the trick question. Some interviewers like to throw out multiple trick questions all in an effort to...
2019-02-04
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Defaults In msdb Database
Today is a day to discuss defaults. It started with the day being TSQL Tuesday and having a topic of...
2019-02-19 (first published: 2019-01-28)
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Defaults In msdb Database
The defaults in the msdb database are about what is missing. It's missing quite a few things that could be critical to your environment.
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2019-01-28
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Easy Permissions Audit
Something I have written about more than a handful of times is the need to audit. When people think about...
2019-02-05 (first published: 2019-01-21)
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Easy Permissions Audit
This is an introductory level method demonstrating how to quickly audit database objects and principals for granted permissions.
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2019-01-21
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Audit SQL Agent Jobs
One probably seldom thinks of the SQL Agent jobs scheduled on the SQL Server instance – unless they fail. What if...
2019-01-17
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Audit SQL Agent Jobs
One probably seldom thinks of the SQL Agent jobs scheduled on the SQL Server instance - unless they fail. What if the job failed because something was changed in...
2019-01-17
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Quick Permissions Audit
Whether it is for a client, an audit, or just for good housekeeping, DBAs will often need to figure out...
2019-01-21 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Quick Permissions Audit
DBAs often need to figure out who has access to what. When that need arises, it is frequently adequate to just perform a quick permissions audit.
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2019-01-14
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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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