The Best Days
Feeling his age a bit, Steve Jones asks you about yours in this Friday's poll. Where do you think you are in your career as a technologist?
What's a DBA
Most of us are tired of this overused, vague term. How many of you have clicked on a 'DBA' job posting only to find that it's not what you do? Or asked for a DBA resume from a recruiter and gotten something other than what you expected? Or...
XML Data Modification Language Workbench
XML Data Modification Language (XML DML) allows you to modify and update XML data. When working with SQL Server Databases, this is the most efficient way to modify elements in an XML column, yet the techniques of using XML-DML have not been well, or simply, described - up until now. Robert Sheldon presents a practical workbench to show the various modify methods
Setting up a SQL cluster under MS VS2005 R2 Part1
This article from Perry Whittle looks at setting up a 2 node SQL Server cluster under MS Virtual server 2005 Ent R2 SP1. Something that is very handy for testing clustered servers.
Take Care of Yourself
There are many ways to invest in yourself and Steve Jones reminds us of one in today's editorial.
Cambridge SQL UG - SSIS and SSRS sponsored by Redgate
Come and join us for this great evening focusing on SQL Server Integration Services and Reporting Services in Cambridge, UK on Wed, May 20, 2009.
Rant: Is It an Effective Control or Not?
This is spurred on by a comment a pen tester made. He was referring to a particular technology and said something to the effect of, "What do you expect? It's 30 year-old technology." I was stunned when the comment was relayed to me. My response...
Report Design Tips and Tricks
This white paper covers best practices on report design and helps you avoid common mistakes when choosing a report layout and output format. Take advantage of existing product features to achieve the results you want. The paper includes report and code examples that implement functionality that is frequently requested.
Swap column data due to inserting data into wrong columns for SQL Server table
This article is for newbies who have just started their career in SQL development. Everyone might have faced this problem when importing or inserting data into tables when they accidentally put the data in the wrong columns. The first thought would be to delete the data and start over, but in this tip we look at a simple solution to swap the data.
The Rights for Data
As we develop new applications and our computers gain new capabilities, what rights do our data include? Steve Jones explores a controversy with the Amazon Kindle.
Blogs
Data Engineering Books Worth Having on Your Shelf (or your tablet)
Good documentation gets you started. Good books get you deep. After years of working...
SSMS Evaluation – future ready
By Vinay Thakur
In previous posts, we looked at the SQL Server engine. for us DBAs, the...
Claude.ai vs Claude API
By Arun Sirpal
You have used Claude. But which Claude? The Claude app (claude.ai, the desktop and...
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Restoring Azure Key Vault Keys and Validating SQL Server TDE Recovery: Level 7 of the Stairway to TDE
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Permissions Removal When Changing Object Schema
When the schema of an object is changed, SQL Server wipes out the previous...
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