2021-10-08
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SQL Server on Linux
2021-10-06
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Do We Need to Learn Linux?
An announcement on Windows containers has Steve noting that Linux might be a more desired skill in the future for SQL Server professionals.
2021-07-10
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2021-02-25
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2020-10-05
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Configure SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 to use Active Directory Authentication
Learn how to get Windows Authentication working on an Ubuntu SQL Server on Linux instance.
2020-09-08
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How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 3
Running SQL Server in a container may seem daunting at first, but it’s easy once you understand the handful of commands needed. In this article, Robert Cain demonstrates how to run SQL Server in a Docker container on Ubuntu.
2020-07-06
How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 3
Running SQL Server in a container may seem daunting at first, but it’s easy once you understand the handful of commands needed. In this article, Robert Cain demonstrates how to run SQL Server in a Docker container on Ubuntu.
2020-06-29
Installing SQL Server 2019 using the Azure Cloud Shell
Introduction Microsoft released SQL Server on Linux, starting from SQL Server 2017. SQL Server 2019 (15.x) has the same underlying database engine on all supported platforms, including Linux. Therefore, many existing features and capabilities operate the same way on Linux. Platform File System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, or 8 Server XFS […]
2020-06-01
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Monitoring - Level 6 of the Stairway to SQL Server on Linux
In this level of the Stairway to Linux, learn how to use the TIG stack to monitor your SQL Server instance on Linux.
2020-05-27
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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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Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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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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