Upcoming SQL Developer Training Course in Ft. Worth
If you are in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and are interested in SQL Server developer training, there is an opportunity...
2009-10-02
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Tim Mitchell
Eliminating Empty Output Files in SSIS
So you’ve got some packages that regularly extract data to one or more text files, but you know that from...
2009-09-30
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Space Sensitivity in SSIS Lookups
It's been well-documented through myriad blogs and forum posts about the case sensitivity of the comparisons in the SSIS lookup...
2009-09-29
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[Off Topic] Workstation Upgrade
It had been about 5 years since I’d bought a new desktop machine for my home, and with my oldest...
2009-09-26
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More Free Training Resources
A recent blog by Jack Corbett (No Training Budget Still No Excuse, followed up by SSC’s Steve Jones here) hit...
2009-09-21
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The Netbook: Upgrade to Windows 7
I’m more than 2 months into the netbook experience, and I’m happy to report that it’s still a good investment. ...
2009-09-19
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Q4
In the next few months, I’ll be giving a couple of talks on SQL Server business intelligence. For October, I...
2009-09-18
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Skipping Items in a Foreach Loop
Recently, my friend Jack Corbett asked a question on Twitter:
In a nutshell, the SSIS foreach loop will enumerate a given...
2009-09-16
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North Texas SQL Server User Group Meeting on Thursday
The monthly North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG) meeting will be held this Thursday, September 17, at 7:00pm at...
2009-09-14
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Getting Into the Biz, Part 3
In a couple of previous posts (Part One and Part Two), I shared some thoughts about starting a career path...
2009-09-14
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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