UPDATE: This post originally priced Charlotte, NC, but the Summit is in Houston, TX. I have corrected costs and locations. The difference is about $300 less for a flight...
2020-01-22 (first published: 2020-01-13)
445 reads
This won’t be the last blog I write for six weeks, but it is the last one I’ll syndicate and in which write about technical stuff. Today is my...
2020-01-21 (first published: 2020-01-10)
385 reads
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. When you install Windows, by default, the execution...
2020-01-08
145 reads
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. PowerShell is the hot new scripting language for...
2020-01-09 (first published: 2019-12-27)
4,410 reads
I discovered recently that there was a change made in SQL Server 2017 to the way that symmetric key passphrases are hashed. There’s a KB article that notes the...
2020-01-06 (first published: 2019-12-23)
404 reads
I am a big fan of snippets in SQL Prompt, often using them in demos to quickly get code written. However, I’ve liked the idea of snippets and templates...
2019-12-20
50 reads
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is something I haven’t quite understood or...
2019-12-18
98 reads
I’ve had a month off from travel, which has been nice. It’s been an interesting time catching up on things at home, and a nice break from the disruption...
2019-12-17
15 reads
A little over a week ago, I got a new laptop. This was late on a Sunday afternoon, and I went home to spend time with me wife. After...
2019-12-16
216 reads
Ever since VS Code and Azure Data Studio came out, people have been asking for SQL Prompt to port over. I’ve been right there with you, though unsure of...
2020-01-02 (first published: 2019-12-13)
249 reads
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
India’s Leading Testing Laboratory FARE Labs Pvt. Ltd. offers precise OTR and WVTR testing...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers