Scalar Functions with Query Plans: Not all is obvious!
Scalar functions in Query Plans just don't always show the whole story!
Importing JSON Collections into SQL Server
Microsoft introduced native support for JSON in SQL Server in version 2016. In this article, Phil Factor shows how to import JSON documents into to SQL Server database tables, even if there is a bit of complexity in the original data.
Do We Understand Data?
With the recent issue of Facebook/Cambridge Analytica and GDPR, I ask do we really understand "data"?
NonClustered Index Structure
Learn how the clustered index keys affect the non clustered index structure.
Quick Tips For Debugging Large Stored Procedures
SSMS is a good management tool, but it’s not a good development tool. When you’re writing some simple queries, it’s fine. When you’re writing code with lots of branching, dynamic SQL, temp tables, error handling, and so on… Not so much. Here are some tips Erik darling has put together after a couple years of wrangling the Blitz scripts in the First Responder Kit.
An Unlikely Taste for Documentation and Archiving
So, in general, what information (Scripts, configuration information, lists and documents) ought DBAs to retain about the databases and servers they are responsible for?
Solving the Target Principal Name is Incorrect
One small point to note when we receive the below error while connecting SQL server: The target principal name is incorrect. Cannot generate sspi context
Automating a SQL Server Database Refresh
In this tip we cover the basics of what needs to be done to setup a process to automate refreshing a dev or test environment with a recent database backup.
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document II
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamNameCity YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960If I run this code, what document(s) is/are returned?
SELECT json_objectagg( n.city : n.TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams;See possible answers