Installing SQL Server 2014 CTP1 – Step by Step
Great news !!! SQL Server 2014 CTP1 is out and the wait is over. Drop everything(Except the databases !) and download your...
2013-06-25
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SQLSailor.com
Moving a database from on-premise to the cloud – Step by Step Walkthrough
Cloud is the future and moving there is now as easy as few mouse clicks.
Today we will see how an...
2013-06-21
1,443 reads
Windows Azure pay per minute – Time is money !
One of the most exciting news which got announced yesterday was related to Windows Azure. When Scott Guthrie mentioned that billing...
2013-06-04
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SQL Server 2014 – A new and exciting journey !!! “Into the cloud”
Today Microsoft announced their next major version of SQLServer, SQL Server 2014 at Tech-Ed NA 2013.
This version of SQLServer is indeed a reflection...
2013-06-03
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Have you configured Database Mail to utilize multiple SMTP Accounts ?
Lets start discussing about this subject by closely looking at the term Redundancy. What is redundancy all about ?
Wikipedia defines redundancy as “In engineering, redundancy is the...
2013-06-13 (first published: 2013-05-24)
2,288 reads
Book Review – Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step” by Ed Wilson;O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Today I will talk about a book titled ” Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step” by Ed Wilson;O’Reilly Media, Inc.
When I...
2013-05-23
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SQLSaturday Redmond(SQLSat212) – A quick recap !
That was indeed a great day at Redmond. I had a great time talking to some of the best SQLServer minds...
2013-05-20
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SQLSaturday Redmond(SQLSat212) is almost here…Will you be there?
This is my first SQLSaturday and I’m super excited to attend this event.
SQLSaturday’s are always a great opportunity to learn something exciting,...
2013-05-16
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The Activity Monitor is unable to execute queries against the server !
I’m generally not a great fan of Activity Monitor which is built in with SSMS,however today I wanted to check...
2013-05-02
3,413 reads
Linked Server created using a script is missing Product name and Data source fields !
Today I will discuss about an issue which was observed while creating a linked server via script.
The existing linked server was scripted...
2013-04-19
1,314 reads
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...
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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
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Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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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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