A Beautiful Google Mind
Larry Page is a very interesting person, one that is looking to change the world.
2016-06-21
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Editorial
Triple Check Your Restores
After the crash of an US Air Force database was reported, Steve Jones has some advice.
2016-06-20
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2016-06-20
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SQL Server 2016 is Just Faster
SQL Server 2016 runs faster, sometimes without you changing anything.
2016-06-17
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What's Your Area of Expertise?
We might be smart in one area, but not others. That's worth remembering.
2025-12-22 (first published: 2016-06-16)
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Stretch Pricing
The Stretch database feature in SQL Server 2016 is fantastic, but is it too expensive?
2016-06-15
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2016-06-14
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2016-06-13
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The Penalty for a Data Breach
One of the things that will be debated quite a bit in the next few years will be the penalties for data loss.
2016-06-13
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2016-06-10
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
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Creating JSON III
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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