Should DBAs learn Linux?
Brent Ozar looks at the similarities between SQL Server on Linux and SQL Server on Windows Core from back in 2012, and asks whether DBAs should bother learning it.
SQL Prompt Tip: how to control when the suggestion box pops up
By default, SQL Prompt shows code auto-completion suggestions automatically, and continuously. 90% of the time this is exactly what you want, but there are other times where you just need a bit of space - Phil Factor shows how.
Implementing SQL Server Failover Clustering in Azure
Deploying IaaS solutions in Microsoft Azure offers benefits that leverage agility, resiliency, and scalability built into the underlying platform. However, when dealing with business-critical workloads, customers typically want to also provide high-availability and disaster recovery capabilities in a manner that they can control. Trying to implement this approach in the cloud by following the procedures applicable in on-premises datacenters frequently presents challenges. This article focuses on these differences in the context of deployment of SQL Server Failover Clustering in Azure.
Guide to Create a SQL Central Management Server
This post is going to walk you through the process of creating an SQL Management Server.
Representing a simple hierarchical list in SQL Server with JSON, YAML, XML and HTML
How difficult can it be to produce a simple hierarchical list in JSON, YAML, XML and HTML from a SQL Server table that represents a simple hierarchy within an organisation. Well once you know, it is easy and William Brewer is on a mission to tell you how.
How to use a Project in SQL Server Management Studio
Matteo Lorini shows how to setup a project in SSMS to organize files.
Azure DWH part 16: BCP to import and export data
In Azure SQL Data Warehouse we can use BCP to export or import the data. In this article, we will show how to do it.
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Restoring Azure Key Vault Keys and Validating SQL Server TDE Recovery: Level 7 of the Stairway to TDE
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Permissions Removal When Changing Object Schema
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document IV
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT YearEstablished, json_objectagg(city : TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams GROUP BY YearEstablished;See possible answers