SQL Q&A: Non-Clustered Indexes and Retaining Permissions
Q What are non-clustered indexes, and what are the pros and cons of using them?
Locking Down DTS
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Renaming a SQL Server
Renaming a server can be a mystery in SQL Server. The symtoms that SQL Server displays after you rename a server makes it look like you made a bad mistake.
The ARRAY In SQL Server 2000
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This year TechEd is across two weeks, with a different focus for each. Which one would you rather attend.
Designing and Delivering Rich Office Reports with SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 and SoftArtisans OfficeWriter
This white paper explains how to use SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 and SoftArtisans OfficeWriter to design and deliver full fidelity, data-driven Microsoft Excel and Word reports.
Blogs
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The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
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After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
Forums
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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