The Habits of Better Teams
Building a strong team is hard, and it takes work. A few thoughts today from Steve on how you can do this.
2020-09-23
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Editorials
The New Normal Annoyances
Steve talks a bit about the new challenges of working in a different environment and the challenges you might face.
2020-09-22
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Compatibility Level Confidence
The database compatibility level ought to provide some protection from database upgrade changes, but do you believe that?
2020-09-21
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Coping with a working life as an imposter
It is not existing knowledge but the skill of acquiring new knowledge rapidly that will help you overcome imposter syndrome.
2020-09-19
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Would You Move For a Job?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is on vacation. Would any job be enough for you to uproot your life?
2020-09-18 (first published: 2016-04-04)
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Solving Real Problems
Today we have a guest editorial where Grant talks about being effective and practical in your world.
2020-09-17
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Aiming for Better Data Governance
Today Steve gives a reason why your organization might consider improving its data governance.
2020-09-16
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2020-09-15
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2020-09-14
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Automation is a Key Skill for the Modern DBA
This month's T-SQL Tuesday had lots of posts that look at automation from the DBA perspective, rather than the software developer.
2020-09-12
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Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Daily aggregation of Azure Blob Storage by tier (created/tier-change/deleted)
Hello all, I’m looking for advice on how to derive a daily snapshot table...
SQL 2017 to SQL 2025. Good to Go ?
We need to replace our Windows server running SQL 2017. Any reason not to...
Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers