Using the OVER clause
Over the last few years I’ve learned quite a bit about different techniques in SQL Server. This particular one has...
2013-06-10
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SQLStudies
Easy way to generate a restore script.
Easy way to generate a restore script.
I was asked today if I had a canned restore script handy. I don’t....
2013-06-05
996 reads
Pattern searches beyond ‘%string%’.
I was asked today to take a table with a social security column and put all 0s if the column...
2013-06-03
906 reads
Backup a password, change it, then restore it.
A couple of months ago I talked about moving a login from one server to another without the password. The...
2013-06-05 (first published: 2013-05-30)
2,341 reads
Using CROSS APPLY to calculate an aggregate across a single row.
I’ve had CROSS APPLY on the mind recently. You could probably tell since its been the subject of my last...
2013-05-28
1,468 reads
Using CROSS APPLY instead of a calculated variable
Earlier this week I posted The many uses of CROSS APPLY and I’m quite glad I did. I’ve been working...
2013-05-22
871 reads
The many uses of CROSS APPLY
Over the last few years of studying SQL I’ve noticed 4 different uses for the command CROSS APPLY.
In the first...
2013-05-23 (first published: 2013-05-20)
21,508 reads
CREATE SCHEMA can do what?!?!?
So I was studying for the 70-451 and ended up reading the BOL entry for CREATE SCHEMA. I honestly can’t...
2013-05-21 (first published: 2013-05-15)
4,123 reads
Dragging a name from the object explorer to a query window
In the same vein as Steve Jones’ series on Customizing SSMS this is a fairly basic trick, but one that...
2013-05-16 (first published: 2013-05-13)
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2013-05-08
1,349 reads
Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
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I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Using OPENJSON
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Data Modeling with dbt for Visual Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers