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Scripts to use XML to insert and update rows in a SQL Server table
The following production code is what I used for inserting and updating database tables using XML as the input. These scripts are for processing data for any table to insert or update data. The support functions provided, retrieve the table schema with their data types, functions to deal with XML dates, primary keys of the table and what fields can be updated. The following article breaks down this process from beginning to end.
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Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager 6.2 Review
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Auditing with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 - Part 1
The first in this three part series on using Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 introduces the toolkit and gets started with install and using it.
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Creating a JSON Document IV
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document IV
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT YearEstablished, json_objectagg(city : TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams GROUP BY YearEstablished;See possible answers