SQL Server to PostgreSQL Database Schema Conversion
In this tip, I will demonstrate how to migrate an existing database schema from SQL Server to PostgreSQL.
Have You Deployed an Availability Group?
Learning about the Availability Group technology can be valuable for your career. Today Steve asks if you've deployed one, and if not, perhaps you want to try.
Oops! Apologies
So, I messed up. In my calendar on Friday were the words, "Database Weekly." That's because I was supposed to put this editorial together and put out the Database Weekly. But I messed up. I was traveling on Friday. Not an excuse, but it's why I messed up. I'm sorry. However, what I did this […]
Power BI Auto Detect Relationship Failure
Power BI doesn't always detect relationships, and this article explains a bit about the problem.
Will AI end with SQL, Is this the end of SQL?
An experienced DBA asks an AI to perform some common tasks. Read to see how it fairs and if an AI will impact DBA jobs.
Why Test-Driven Development? (Part 2)
As discussed in Part 1, by segregating our focus on developing code that behaves as expected from the focus on developing code that will be well structured, we have achieved the ability to eliminate wasteful and error prone manual chores.
SSRS 2022 Install, Setup and Configuration
This article includes all of the steps you need to take to install and configure SQL Server Reporting Services 2022.
Assistants in the Age of AI
The secretary is a keep of secrets, at least in the beginning. Is that a role an AI can take on?
Stairway to Advanced T-SQL Level 1: Intro to Advanced T-SQL Using a CROSS JOIN
The first installment of this new stairway series will be discuss the CROSS JOIN operator. This stairway should help readers prepare for passing the Microsoft Certification exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
Blogs
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...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Forums
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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