Interesting Reading for September 18, 2012
More stuff you may find interesting.
Prepare for your first security breach. Sobering. As data professionals we’re going to get pulled...
2012-09-20 (first published: 2012-09-18)
2,132 reads
SQLAndy
A Job Done Quietly and Well
My current client has a five story building, two break rooms and two sets of bathroom per floor, with I’m...
2012-09-17
626 reads
Going to the PASS Summit? Join Us at a Networking Dinner
For the third year Steve Jones and I are coordinating a very informal networking dinner on Monday night the week...
2012-09-21 (first published: 2012-09-15)
1,815 reads
Certificates of Completion for SQL Seminars
Most managers and employers distinguish between attending a conference and training. We (the royal SQL community we) offer quite a...
2012-09-14
1,116 reads
Update on My Lenovo Laptop
Order status on the web site still shows an estimated ship date of the 4th (of September) for my X1...
2012-09-14
812 reads
Misc Reading for September 12, 2012
Sharing some stuff I’ve read recently that I found interesting – and that you may find interesting!
Help More, Judge Less. I’ll...
2012-09-12
663 reads
New Laptop Bag and My Event Bag
Last year I wrote about stuff I carry in my laptop bag. Nothing original, definitely a tendency to carry things...
2012-09-12
1,217 reads
No Full Outer Join in Access
Recently I needed to help a colleague with a small inventory true up task. We needed to know items that...
2012-09-10
794 reads
SQLSaturday Metrics
A recent article in the PASS Connector called out some interesting stats about SQLSaturday for 2011 and 2012. I’m including...
2012-09-09
702 reads
Reading Reviews, Ordering a Laptop, and Lenovo
Since earlier this year I’ve been thinking to replace my aging but still useful laptop, mostly to get something lighter,...
2012-09-13 (first published: 2012-09-08)
1,878 reads
Blogs
Agentic Architect – Future IT Roles (comparison)
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them Introducing PlanTrace — a free, browser-based...
A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon
By Steve Jones
I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know...
Forums
SPAM Issues May 2026
We suffered a SPAM attack from May 1-6, which unfortunately corresponded with time off...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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