We’re All Mad Here!
The title says it all!
I just heard that I was selected to present at SQL Saturday in Columbus! I’m excited...
2014-05-09
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WaterOx SQL
2014 SQL Server Editions – Overview
2014 is the latest edition of SQL Server available[/caption]
SQL Server 2014 was officially released in April 1st, 2014. You can...
2014-04-22
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Why a Boot Camp?
As a some of you may already know, I am now offering SQL Server boot camps with the first one...
2014-04-15
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When Data Should Walk Out The Door
What would you do?
What would your reaction be if, one day, all that old data you’ve been holding onto for...
2014-03-24 (first published: 2014-03-18)
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Counting Work Days
Don’t forget that most holiday’s aren’t work days.
Recently while working with a client I was faced with some seriously convoluted...
2013-09-21
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Digby’s Top 10 reasons you need a DBA
Digby! helps to demonstrate the top 10 reasons you need a dedicated SQL Server DBA.
They can handle unexpected database growth...
2013-05-21
450 reads
Optimizing Protected Indexes (was Indexing Encrypted Data)
Why bother encrypting?
Riddle me this batman? Why bother to Encrypt?
As a SQL Server DBA I am primarily responsible for making...
2013-02-27
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Type 2 SCD with SQL Merge
I was going through some notes I had from previous projects and came across a sample script for created a...
2013-01-25
9,821 reads
Gain exclusive control of a database
Last night a client tried to ruin a script to enable Read_Committed_snapshot on a SQL database. There were so many...
2012-10-10
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10-minute SQL: Filtered Delete: join vs. sub-select vs. exist
I was doing some simple tuning of procedures for a client when I came across some delete statements that I...
2012-10-05
872 reads
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
Forums
Hiring: Financial SQL Systems Administrator
Fisher Phillips is looking for a Financial Systems Administrator to help support and improve our financial...
Job Opening for ERP Systems Administrator - Hybrid
Employee owned company, been around for over 50 years. Hybrid opportunity, looking folks in Pacific...
data compare between 2 tables with same structure for any changes after etl run
i have huge table with lot of data and is also wide. i took...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers