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2009-09-15
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SQL Server 7.0 – Transaction Log Not Backing Up
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2009-09-14
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2009-09-11
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PASS Connector Editorial for Sep 9, 2009
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2009-09-10
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Date Expression Compilation in SSIS
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2009-09-10
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2009-09-04
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Indexing HierarchyID
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2009-09-03
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Decompressing on Compression in SQL Server 2008....
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2009-09-02
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Analysis Services Memory Limits
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2009-09-01
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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