Taking Shortcuts
We don't mean to introduce security issues, but sometimes we do because we give in to pressure.
2018-04-30
49 reads
Editorial
2018-04-30
63 reads
The CDO
Does your company have a Chief Data Officer? Steve Jones doesn't think you need one to use data wisely.
2018-04-27
57 reads
2018-04-26
188 reads
Stairway to Advanced T-SQL Crossword
This crossword puzzle is based on the contents of the Stairway to Advanced T-SQL.
2018-04-25
306 reads
Cloud Snake Oil
The Cloud isn't always what it seems and Steve notes that paying attention to finances might be the most important thing.
2018-04-24
111 reads
2021-08-23 (first published: 2018-04-23)
404 reads
SQL Community
Back in my early days as a database administrator, almost 16 years ago, I happened upon a web site called SQL Server Central. Because I found so many useful articles and forum posts, the site was open in my browser at work every single day. It was a great source of information, and eventually, I […]
2018-04-23
98 reads
Keep It All
We could use more intelligence in our backup systems, since we don't need to keep all those files.
2018-04-20
62 reads
The Right Connection
Making a connection to the wrong database had disastrous results for Travis-CI.
2022-09-28 (first published: 2018-04-19)
233 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
What DevOps Look Like in Microsoft Fabric
By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
Forums
Can an Azure App Service Managed Identity be used for SQL Login?
I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this from digging into it yesterday,...
Azure Synapse database refresh
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
how to write this query?
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
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