Should Salary Information Be Confidential?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is away from the office. Salary is a difficult topic for many, but Andy shares some thoughts.
2019-08-27 (first published: 2015-06-05)
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Editorial
Architecture for Auditing
The way in which auditing is build into our systems isn't the best way to implement the practice.
2015-06-04
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Finding Production Drift
The changes made to production can be problematic at times. Steve Jones notes we can't prevent them, but we can look for them.
2015-06-02
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Who Cares About Your Data?
The observation that people hear what they want to hear is not a new one, and yet the extent to which people will go out of their way to ignore or misinterpret evidence can still surprise.
2015-06-01
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2015-06-01
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Statistical Analysis
This week Steve Jones asks the questions about advanced data analysis and statistics you might be using in your applications.
2015-05-29
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The Hidden Patterns in Data
Looking at statistics and data to draw conclusions can be hard. Steve Jones comments on an interesting way of analyzing data from TED.
2015-05-28
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2015-05-27
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Hack Us
A challenge from United intrigues Steve Jones. How many other companies would make a challenge like this?
2015-05-26
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2015-05-25
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Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers