Testing Service Pack 3
Who is responsible for Service Pack testing? Ultimately it's Microsoft, but Steve Jones reminds us we make a difference as well.
Using Data Viewers - SQL School Video
Integration Services is a great system for performing ETL operations between databases. In this video we show how you can use Data Viewers to determine if you are correctly transforming data.
Creative SPAM
SPAM permeates all aspects of our lives. Steve Jones takes a poll today about which messages might have caught your eye.
Creative SPAM
SPAM permeates all aspects of our lives. Steve Jones takes a poll today about which messages might have caught your eye.
Creative SPAM
SPAM permeates all aspects of our lives. Steve Jones takes a poll today about which messages might have caught your eye.
Exploring SQL 2005’s Ranking Functions – NTILE() and ROW_NUMBER()
Part 20 of the "SqlCredit – Developing a Complete SQL Server OLTP Database Project" examines SQL 2005’s NTILE() and ROW_NUMBER() Ranking Functions.
Operations Manager: A Big Tinker Set
To illustrate the great possibilities of Systems Center Operations Manager 2007, Thomas shows how to create a Custom Monitor for SQL Agent Jobs, and concludes that Operations Manager is nothing more than a big tinker set.
Bootstrap
Steve Jones talks about starting your own business and some of the challenges and advantages.
Build Great Looking Excel Spreadsheets
Exporting data from your database and building reports is easy with Reporting Services, but sometimes you need to use other sources
SQL Server User Group in Luxembourg
A new SQL Server user group is starting up in Luxembourg. Be sure you read this if you are in the area and want to participate.
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
Hiring: Financial SQL Systems Administrator
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Job Opening for ERP Systems Administrator - Hybrid
Employee owned company, been around for over 50 years. Hybrid opportunity, looking folks in Pacific...
data compare between 2 tables with same structure for any changes after etl run
i have huge table with lot of data and is also wide. i took...
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;See possible answers