Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
SQL Server Integration Services Features And Properties Part 4
This article is the final article of a 4 part series that explores the Features and Properties of SSIS. This article will explore Validation.
Temporal Data Techniques in SQL
Joe discusses various factors to take into account when using temporal data such as Holidays, and discusses a few techniques using Calendar, Report Usage and History tables
Ways To Build Your Brand
This is in the presentation I've given a few times, but I thought it made some sense to put these things out here as well. I see there are a few major ways for you to build your brand and raise your profile in the modern world that is highly interconnected...
Automate Default Constraints
One procedure that will take care of all default constraint values in the destination.
Data Mining in Excel 2007 Pt.1 - SQL School Video
Excel has greatly helped ease the process of data mining. In this video MVP Brian Knight shows how you can start using the data mining add-ins for Excel to get started.
Trust
Trust is a big part of any DBA's job. But it seems that many people in society trust each other less and less all the time. Steve Jones has a few comments on this important subject.
Creating packages in code - OLE-DB Source to Flat File File Destination
This code sample programmatically creates a package with an OLE-DB Source and a Flat File Destination, and the resulting package exports data from SQL Server to a CSV file. The finished package just has the one Data Flow Task shown below.
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
Forums
Query compile/runtime issue
I have a plan which in sys.query_store_plan shows: Last_compile_start_time of 2026-04-23 00:13:00.7670000 +00:00 Last_execution_time...
Hiring: Financial SQL Systems Administrator
Fisher Phillips is looking for a Financial Systems Administrator to help support and improve our financial...
Job Opening for ERP Systems Administrator - Hybrid
Employee owned company, been around for over 50 years. Hybrid opportunity, looking folks in Pacific...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams n;See possible answers