The Curse and Blessings of Dynamic SQL
How you use dynamic SQL, when you should - and when you should not.
The Database Weekly Update for June 30, 2008
Steve Jones looks back at a week of news on data center infrastructure, the EF war, and SQL Server 2008 news.
The June 2008 Energy Update
It's time again to take a look at energy news from an IT perspective, or at least the Steve Jones' perspective and there have been some interesting notes over the last couple months in the world of energy.
Data Rich and Information Poor
Do you deal with data or information? Do you know the difference and are you transforming one into the other. Steve Jones comments on the state of many companies' data.
Data Rich and Information Poor
Do you deal with data or information? Do you know the difference and are you transforming one into the other. Steve Jones comments on the state of many companies' data.
Data Rich and Information Poor
Do you deal with data or information? Do you know the difference and are you transforming one into the other. Steve Jones comments on the state of many companies' data.
How insiders hack SQL databases with free tools
When you find out how easy it is for insiders to hack SQL Server databases with a few free security tools and a little luck, you'll re-examine your database security practices.
How To Return a Result Set from a SQL Server 2005 CLR Stored Procedure
We occasionally come up with a requirement that would be a good fit for a CLR function or stored procedure. For instance we would like to call a stored procedure to get the list of files in a particular folder. How can we return the list of files as a standard result set (i.e. rows and columns) using the CLR?
The June 2008 Energy Update
It's time again to take a look at energy news from an IT perspective, or at least the Steve Jones' perspective and there have been some interesting notes over the last couple months in the world of energy.
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RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
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Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
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Creating JSON II
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( N'City':N'Denver' RETURNING JSON) GOSee possible answers