Dexterity Matters
The individual's dexterity can impact how we use software. Perhaps we need ways to undo mistakes in various systems.
2016-03-28
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Editorial
2016-03-28
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Protecting sa
Today Steve Jones talks about the issues with the sa account, and how you might protect this on all your instances.
2016-03-25
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Do Less
One way to make code run faster is to have less of it. Or ensure the code you have does less work.
2016-03-24
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2016-03-22
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On-Time, or Not
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the respect, understanding and compromise we might make with each other.
2016-03-21
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The New Men of IT
According to the New Men of IT, the industry changes so frequently that experience and qualifications quickly become obsolete and irrelevant. The argument won't wash with Phil Factor.
2016-03-21
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2016-03-17
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The Math on Automation
Is it worth automating things? Many people say yes, but Steve Jones says it isn't just about time saved.
2016-03-16
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SQL Server on Linux
There was an announcement last week that SQL Server can run on Linux. And it's coming next year.
2016-03-15
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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...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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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;
What are the results? See possible answers