Missing Date Ranges- the Sequel
Alex Kozak returns with another Date puzzle. A question from a Simple-Talk reader gives Alex the inspiration to see if is possible to list unused date ranges in one Select statement.
The Database Weekly Update for July 7, 2008
Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
The Database Weekly Update for July 7, 2008
Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
The Database Weekly Update for July 7, 2008
Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
The Many Uses of Coalesce in SQL Server
Many times people come across the Coalesce function and think that it is just a more powerful form of ISNULL. In actuality, I have found it to be one of the most useful functions with the least documentation. In this tip, I will show you the basic use of Coalesce and also some features you probably never new existed.
Congratulations to Our New MVPs
Two longtime members of the SQLServerCentral.com community received the well-deserved MVP status this week. Congratulate Jeff Moden and Michael Coles.
Recursive Queries using Common Table Expressions (CTE) in SQL Server
The problem arises when the hierarchy level increases as SQL Server is limited to 32 levels of recursion. We need a better way to implement recursive queries in SQL Server 2005. How do we do it?
Slowly Changing Dimension in SQL Server 2005 – Part 2
This article is Part 2 in the series which explores the options available in SQL Server 2005 for Slowly Changing Dimensions
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.
theSystem - Part III
Continuing on with his series on building a game in SQL Server, Steve Fibich talks about some more of the tables and the data they contain.
Blogs
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Daily aggregation of Azure Blob Storage by tier (created/tier-change/deleted)
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SQL 2017 to SQL 2025. Good to Go ?
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.[key]
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers