The Computing Revolution
Steve reflects on some of the ideas of how Microsoft imagines the future of computing.
2020-07-27
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Editorials
2020-07-25
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2020-07-24
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2020-07-23
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Hacking the Admin
A Twitter hack brings into the question of who can make changes in production for Steve.
2020-07-22
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2020-07-21
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A Dedicated Space
Today Steve looks at one possible future of offices, which might be something we own.
2020-07-20
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Digging Into Internals
There are plenty of experts that look to teach you about query tuning and the internals of query execution in SQL Server.
2020-07-18
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Your Data After Life
Today Steve thinks about what to do when planning for your digital assets after you pass.
2020-07-17
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Carefully Giving Normal Users Security Permissions
When we need to delegate work to less privileged users, Steve has an idea.
2020-07-16
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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