Your First Pipeline with Azure Data Factory
Learn how to build your first Azure Data Factory Pipeline
Getting Started with CQRS – Part 3
Diogo Souza completes his series on CQRS. He demonstrates Event Sourcing to capture the data as it flows through the system which can then be analyzed without affecting the source.
A Pattern Based Approach to Masking Errors
A few years ago I had a requirement to allow both developers and customers to see rows from a table used to store error information while making sure that any PII, PCI or similar sensitive data was not displayed. The tolerance for “oops” was low! This article presents one way to solve the challenge by […]
Encryption Gets Broken All the Time
There are contests to break encryption algorithms taking place all the time. Another one was completed recently.
SQL Monitor Roadtrip: Preparation
Setting up SQL Monitor without a bit of preparation work is a bit like embarking on a road trip without first learning to drive. Phil Factor show the essential kit and route maps you need for the journey.
Tracking Underlying Object Changes in Views
Views in SQL Server are used to simplify writing queries and managing security, but’s it’s easy for views to eventually get out of sync with the underlying tables. In this article, Edward Pollack shows how to overcome this problem.
A Remote Work Guide
This week Steve talks a bit about working remotely, which is something more of us are doing these days.
Representing XML data in SQL Server
In this article, we will see how to use the FOR XML statement in SQL Server to represent the result of queries in XML format.
Creating or Altering an Objects with a Single Statement
Do you get tired of having your CREATE PROCEDURE statement failing if the stored procedure already exists? If you are like me then you probably hate this as much as I do.
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...
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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