Maaaaaagic Tables!!!
I had an interview earlier this week. An interview for a SQL developer position. It went fine. But. Question number X...
SQL Server Index Maintenance Performance Tuning for Large Tables
This article describes a real-world example of performance tuning index maintenance for a large table of approximately 1 billion rows.
Modifying and deleting extended properties
Continuing the short series on extended properties, this article explains how to turbocharge the creation of extended properties
Tell Me What I Need To Know
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about the problems we sometimes run into when we must work with other people and make decisions. Sometimes getting the information from people, or giving it to them, is not as simple as we would like.
Supporting Large Scale Team Development
With a large-scale development of a database application, the task of supporting a large number of development and test databases, keeping them up to date with different builds can soon become ridiculously complex and costly. Grant Fritchey demonstrates a novel solution that can reduce the storage requirements enormously, and allow individual developers to work on thir own version, using a full set of data.
The Mystery Of The Slow Last Row
Things Go South
Recently I was troubleshooting a piece of software that archives data out of a very active import table....
Changing Text in Multiple Stored Procedures From a Stored Procedure
In this article Brian Davey present a solution for changing the text in multiple stored procedures using T-SQL.
Configuring Kerberos Authentication
Longtime author Brian Kelley brings us a new article on security and Kerberos authentication in SQL Server.
How to Deal with the Stresses and Anxieties in Today's IT Industry
Today we have a guest editorial from Stanley Popovich that talks about dealing with stress at work.
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Creating a JSON Document II
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Backing Up Azure Key Vault EKM Key: Stairway to TDE Level 6
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers