Introduction to DSN's
This article by Andy Warren is an introduction to DSN's; what they do, how they work, and where they are stored. Also pick up some ideas about how using a File DSN might save you a lot of administration!
Analysis Services Enhancements
In SQL Server 2000, Microsoft has closed the gap between its multidimensional database offering, OLAP Services, and the rest of the market place.
Automatically Gathering Server Information Part 4
The fourth part of Steve Jones's series on having SQL Server automatically report information to a DBA.
Index Server COM Object Programming in Visual Basic
Jon Winer talks about his adventures with Index Server and provides some hints to help you avoid some common problems.
Quickly Disconnect Users
Nothing is more annoying than having to disconnect users one by one. With this script, you will be able to quickly disconnect them with a few keystrokes.
Automatically Gathering Server Information Part 3
The third part of Steve Jones's series on having SQL Server automatically report information to a DBA.
Process Tracking
It is not always possible to run a process on a set schedule. This article by Steve Jones looks at a technique for ensuring that your processes can run on whenever you need them to without any loss of data.
Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers