I mark my SQL with a 'Todo' symbol whenever I decide something needs work, but I don't have the time to do it right away. So I wrote this usp so that I can get a quick list of stored procedures, function and views that need some extra work.It also comes in handy whenever you […]
2007-07-06 (first published: 2006-10-03)
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Clients asked me to show a more detailed and longer text which doesn't have to be edited. So I came up with the following solution/function.This function returns a varchar time value with a description containing how many days, hours and minutes. For example 100.25 returns :'100:15( 4 Days, 4 Hours, 15 Minutes )'.I hope somebody […]
2007-07-04 (first published: 2006-10-03)
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This script utilizes an undocumented extended procedure xp_regread to check the version of Microsoft Analysis Services' service pack version
2006-10-18 (first published: 2006-10-03)
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SQL Server 2005 has made it much easier to work with XML data in your database applications than ever before. In this article, new author Jack Hummer examines how you can use XML to move data through stored procedures.
2006-10-02
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When gathering SQL server statistics on ALL our Active SQL servers the script was failing sometime when one of our servers was not reachable for one reason or another.This script is checking if the LINKED SERVER is up and running before executing the "gathering statistics" script for this particular server.
2006-12-25 (first published: 2006-09-29)
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Continuing with his series on professional development, Andy Warren takes a look at funding some of your career growth and why it pays to invest in yourself.
2007-09-27 (first published: 2006-09-25)
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Solving business problems is an interesting problem for most application developers. Usually the issues are handled in application code, but there are some places where SQL Server can be used to help. Yaroslav Pentsarskyy brings us a creative use of SQL Server functionality to prevent identity theft.
2006-09-20
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In the tradition of best practice & code improvement, a third iteration of a script that finds the Nth occurrence of a Target string within another string (Original author unknown, V2 author vextant).This version returns zero if an Nth occurrence is not found (similar to V1), but also provides the ability to search the string […]
2007-06-29 (first published: 2006-09-18)
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Keeping up with your professional development is tough. In the first part of his series, Andy Warren talked about the challenges of keeping current. This article takes a look at how you can effectively find time to grow your career.
2006-09-13
5,800 reads
For those that do not have SQL 2005 Management Studio, this utility reads from or writes to the SQL Enterprise Manager configuration. It can handle a Server Group hierarchy up to 5 levels deep. Usage instructions are included in the script.Run with cscript.exe.NOTE: Server registrations using SQL (not Windows) authentication write out the password in […]
2006-09-13 (first published: 2006-09-12)
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Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
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