The Year in Review - 2009
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
Using T-SQL to Transform XML Data to a Relational Format
More and more data is being stored or transmitted in an XML format. New author Nasir Mirza brings us an article that examines how to transform a number of XML structures into different relational formats for storage in SQL Server.
Running a Small User Group - Getting Quality Speakers
Midlands PASS is a small user group. We average about 15 people coming to meetings, which is good for Columbia,...
The SQL of Scrabble and Rapping
In which Phil decides to use a table consisting of all the common words in English to explore ways of cheating at Scrabble and writing doggerel using SQL Server. He then issues a SQL challenge.
The Year in Review - 2009
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
The Year in Review - 2009
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
The Year in Review - 2009th
Steve Jones looks back at 2009 and examines some of the predictions he made at the beginning of the year.
Crash and Burn
A recent crash of the popular Coding Horror blog brings the responsibility of backups to the front of today's editorial. See if you agree with Steve Jones and his take on backups and restores.
Scripting in SSIS – Part 1
Learning to script is a valuable skill for a DBA. Learning to script is invaluable for an SSIS developer and MVP Andy Warren starts a new series that examines the basics of adding scripts to your packages.
Crash and Burn
A recent crash of the popular Coding Horror blog brings the responsibility of backups to the front of today's editorial. See if you agree with Steve Jones and his take on backups and restores.
Blogs
A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon
By Steve Jones
I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know...
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Invitation: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
It's time for T-SQL Tuesday #198! This month's topic is change detection. The post T-SQL...
Understanding Fabric MCP
By James Serra
Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is one of those technical ideas that sounds more...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
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 TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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