A Worthwhile Goal
Steve Jones talks about two competing priorities for many people that start at a new job and asks which one you value more in this Friday poll.
Finding dependencies in SQL Server 2005
Any time you need to modify objects in your SQL Server 2005 database, the objects that are dependent upon those objects are a concern. You don't want to remove columns from tables, procedures, views, or tables if there are objects dependent upon them that are being used.
Using DDL triggers to audit events
Create DDL table in SQL Server 2005 to audit Data Definition Language (DDL) trigger events when DML statements run. Define DDL trigger to track SQL changes.
Encrypting Data
Encrypting data is the easy part of dealing with encryption and databases. Steve Jones talks about some of the other, more difficult, issues you must handle.
Overview of SSIS
SQL Server Integration Services, the ETL subsystem for SQL Server 2005, is a new paradigm of development for the SQL Server DBA. It is one of the most popular, and also complex, environments that many people work with in SQL Server 2005. Amit Lohia brings us an introduction to this environment along with the basics of building and deploying a package.
The Lighter Side - Life is like an analogy
Longtime SQL Server author and expert David Poole takes a break from SQL Server to bring us a few life lessons for software development.
The SQLServerCentral.com Party - 2008
Steve Jones talks a bit about the upcoming SQLServerCentral.com event at the 2008 PASS Summit and asks for some ideas.
Essential Steps for the Integrated Enterprise Data Warehouse, Part 2
This article describes what the dimension manager and fact provider do, and how to configure business intelligence tools to use the integrated EDW.
Blogs
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
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Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
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Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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