Jazz Up Your Data Using Custom Report Items In SQL Server Reporting Se
This article discusses: Extensibility in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, Creating and debugging custom report items, The ProgressTracker CRI sample.
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Reporting v Editing
In response to his article on using Reporting Services to manage rights, Jonathan Spink takes a look at how Reporting Services can be positioned in your enterprise.
Speak Like a T-SQL Developer
In this video by Kathi Kellenberger, she starts beginners interested in T-SQL programming the teminology and some of the basiics of T-SQL. She also covers the what the various editions of SQL Server mean and the tools that you will use.
Identifying Unused Objects in a Database
Longtime author Leo Peysakhovich answers one of the most common questions seen in discussion areas around the world: how do you identify unused objects?
SQL Server 2005 Integration Services - Message Queue Task - Part 32
After concluding a broad overview of various aspects of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, part 32 of this series focuses on individual components that have more specialized, but very useful characteristics, starting by discussing the Message Queue Control Flow task, and following with coverage of a number of Data Flow transformations.
Detroit Area SQL Server User Group
The next meeting of the Detroit Area SQL Server User Group is September 14th.
Learning SQL Server 2005
Everyone wants to get ahead of the curve with SQL Server 2005, but many people don't have the time or desire to dig through a Google search. Steve Jones has gotten quite a few requests for resources, so here is a compiled list of some places that might help you get started.
Copying Database Backups to an Alternative Location
Learn how to use ALERTs, a SQL Agent job and a stored procedure (SP) to create a copy of your critical database backups on another physical machine as soon as the database backups are created.
Windows Utilities for the SQL Server DBA
This article is a short summary of Windows utilities both GUI and command line intended for new SQL Server DBAs or those interested in learning some useful techniques.
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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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