Inspector V1.2 now available
It has been long overdue but finally V1.2 is now available on GitHub.
V1.2 brings a lot of changes, We put...
2018-10-10
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SQL Undercover
Inspector V1.2 revised installation guide
Pre-requisites:
SQL 2012 or higher
SQL Server Agent
A database to store the the data collected by the agent jobs (this can be...
2018-10-10
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The SQL Agents’ view of SQL Server
I recently came across a really odd issue with the SQL Agent, there were two agent jobs attached to one...
2018-10-11 (first published: 2018-10-02)
2,858 reads
sp_translate, A Universal Translator in SQL Server. Just One Example Of How Powerful the Python/SQL Partnership Can Be.
In my recent post, Installing External Modules into SQL Server’s Python I had a look at just how simple it is to...
2018-09-18
573 reads
TSQL Tuesday #106: Triggers and the Spiral To Oblivion
It’s the second Tuesday of the month which must mean only one thing…
We’re all skint and payday feels like a...
2018-09-11
272 reads
Podcast Audio Now On SoundCloud
For those of you who don’t have time to watch the videos, the audio stream of our webcasts are now...
2018-09-05
299 reads
Installing External Modules into SQL Server’s Python
So Microsoft have integrated Python into SQL Server, from the moment I heard that I thought to myself, “wow, this...
2018-09-03
351 reads
Undercover TV- Episode 2
The latest webcast from SQLUndercover.com. In this episode David and Adrian take a look at a few blog posts that have caught...
2018-08-29
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Undercover Catalogue 0.1 Released
Easily Keep Track of All Your SQL Servers
We know what it’s like when you’ve got 101 SQL Servers to manage,...
2018-08-28
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SQL Server Encryption, What’s The Key Hierarchy All About?
I’m sure that we all know that SQL Server includes all sorts of interesting functionality to allow us to encrypt...
2018-08-27 (first published: 2018-08-09)
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
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...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
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;
What are the results? See possible answers