One of the frustrations of anyone beginning with PowerShell is the simple task of getting data in and out. To help out with this, Michael Sorens begins a series that shows you how to import data from most of the common file formats and sources. He also shows how to export data in a range of formats.
2013-12-10
2,654 reads
Follow the guidance of your DBA, but remember, he or she is from another land.
2013-12-09
6,908 reads
SQLServerCentral and Simple-Talk are co-hosting the Tribal Awards. Nominations open today for each of the 11 categories which recognize technical excellence, willingness to help the wider community, and exceptional SQL Karaoke skills.
2013-12-09
610 reads
SQL Server 2012 introduces a new feature to issues backups on the Windows Azure Blob Storage service directly and restore from there when needed. But how does it work and how to get started using T-SQL commands for backup and restore operation?
2013-12-09
3,325 reads
2013-12-06 (first published: 2008-10-16)
34,080 reads
A critical part of any DBA's role is implementing the systems that will improve in the long term their organization's guardianship, use and understanding of its data. Too often, however, this gets lost in the fog of immediate and urgent tasks. Gareth Marlow explains why he believes Cloud services will play an increasingly prominent role in helping DBAs achieve their strategic goals.
2013-12-06
3,856 reads
A look at Partitioned Views, their advantages, disadvantages backed up by examples and statistics.
2013-12-05
4,592 reads
After a plagiarized article this week, a content for you.
2013-12-05
12,038 reads
Mike Eastland frequently restores production databases to various development servers. The drive layouts between the servers are almost never the same. He is constantly shuffling files on his development servers due to space constraints, which in turn breaks the automated restore scripts because the MOVE clauses are invalidated. Does he have to use the MOVE clause every time he does a restore?
2013-12-05
4,001 reads
Power Query, provided as part of Microsoft Power BI self-service solution, is an Excel add-in that can be used for data discovery, reshaping the data and combining data coming from different sources. Power Query is one of Excel add-ins. Read on to learn how to install and get started using it.
2013-12-04
3,337 reads
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Creating a JSON Document I
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Who is Irresponsible?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Designing Database Changes Before Deployment:...
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;
See possible answers