Where We Need Better AI Disclosure and Responsibility
The way that AI is used in the world can make it better, but not always. In either case, we ought to have some accountability for the models.
Discovering What’s Changed by Flyway Migrations
A set of PowerShell cmdlets that will 'diff' two versions of a database and provide a high-level overview of the major database changes made by successive Flyway migrations. You can 'diff' a SQL Server database to the same one on PostgreSQL and find out which objects are the same and which are different.
Join SQL Server tables where columns include NULL values
Dealing with NULL values especially when joining tables can become a challenge. Let's take a look at this issue and how this can be resolved.
Eyes Wide Open
Trying to architect a new database system so that you don't outgrow it is a challenge, but the more you think about early, the better off you will be.
Tracking Failed Job Steps
Recently a customer was asking for a way to alert on job steps that failed, but the job succeeded. They really wanted a custom metric for SQL Monitor, which I submitted, but this post looks at the query in general, trying to determine if a job step failed. Note: Let me start by noting that […]
Diagnose and resolve latch contention on SQL Server
This guide describes how to identify and resolve latch contention issues observed when running SQL Server applications on high concurrency systems with certain workloads.
Schedule Azure SQL DB Processes using Azure Functions
Learn how to schedule processes in Azure SQL Database using an Azure Function in this easy to follow step by step tutorial.
What to do with more free time
Many data professionals have begun working remotely over the past year and a half which translates to less time spent commuting. In my own case, I’ve been a remote worker for almost ten years, but before that I spent two hours on the road each day. This got me wondering what folks have done with […]
Are You a Tech Company?
Is your company a tech company? Steve Jones looks at the world from the perspective of software development and how that impacts business.
Formatting T-SQL Scripts using ScriptDOM and PowerShell
Well-formatted scripts are always easier to maintain and enhance readability to high degree. Formatting standards are an important part of coding standards anywhere and if not, they need to be. If there are a large number of scripts this can add up to a significant amount of time needed to maintain them. It is also […]
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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...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Creating JSON III
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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