Tell the Judge You Have No Backup
The NYPD is claiming there isn't a backup for one of their databases.
2017-10-23
126 reads
Editorials
The Remote Balance
Telecommuting and remote work are growing in many fields, but especially technology. However the practice needs to be balanced with the notion that you still have a life outside of work.
2017-10-20 (first published: 2014-02-20)
195 reads
Top Talent Leaves
Why do employees leave their companies? There are a variety of reasons, but when your most talented people leave, that's a concern. Steve Jones comments on what we might do about this.
2017-10-19 (first published: 2014-02-10)
396 reads
Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Good Co-workers
It is important to have people that do good work and are good to work with.
2017-10-17
96 reads
The Cloud is Better In At Least One Way
Azure SQL Database has a lot of integrity checks. Probably more than your local instance.
2017-10-16
55 reads
Timing is Everything
Phil Factor on the wise habit of timing your database routines, to avoid relying on received wisdom about performance.
2017-10-16
90 reads
2017-10-13
73 reads
The Blame Game
Equifax is blaming a single IT person for their data breach. Steve Jones worries this is a sign of things to come.
2017-10-12
293 reads
2017-10-11
66 reads
Citizen Scientists
More and more people are becoming citizen scientists, even in companies. Steve Jones thinks this is helpful, but we still need professionals.
2017-10-10
65 reads
Blogs
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
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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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