The Chance of Failure
Do you plan for failure as a possibility or a probability? The difference might mean you take your plans and testing a little more seriously. Steve Jones notes that you might want to plan on the latter.
2011-03-31
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Editorial
2011-03-30
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Tell Me What I Need To Know
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about the problems we sometimes run into when we must work with other people and make decisions. Sometimes getting the information from people, or giving it to them, is not as simple as we would like.
2011-03-29
148 reads
Patch Week
With SQL Server releasing new cumulative updates this week, Steve Jones talks about the patching strategy of SQL Server.
2011-03-28
341 reads
How to Deal with the Stresses and Anxieties in Today's IT Industry
Today we have a guest editorial from Stanley Popovich that talks about dealing with stress at work.
2011-03-28
245 reads
What Differentiates Enterprise?
This Friday Steve Jones asks you about the Enterprise Edition of SQL Server, and what should the distinction be?
2011-03-25
195 reads
Do You Need A Safe Word?
A hacker breaches security by gaining control of an executive's email account. Does that mean that we should consider adding another level of authentication to privileged requests?
2011-03-24
155 reads
Hacking Data
A new series of attacks were proven recently using music files to attach embedded systems in cars. Could this be another attack vector that we need to worry about?
2015-12-22 (first published: 2011-03-23)
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The Business - Part 2
Today we have a guest editorial by Andy Warren. This one continues the thought of how you relate to the rest of your company, or "the business" as is it often known.
2011-03-22
105 reads
If you could stop working tomorrow, would you still do SQL?
Rodney landrum wonders what, if anything, you would do in SQL, or any other beloved technology, if you did not have to?
2011-03-21
232 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
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