Containing the Work
Containers are valuable in many software domains. Are there places we, as data professionals, would like to use software containment?
Creative IT Learning
If a successful IT career is just as much about tenacity, interest and retention as it is about brainpower, then how does one go about continuous learning?
Detective Stories - Tracking Down the Database's Dependents Part I
No worries about dropping databases. Now we can search for its dependencies before the database dies. Part 1 of a 2-part article.
Project Bletchley - The Microsoft Vision for Blockchain
The SQL Server Luxembourg User Group invites you to join us at our next event in Microsoft’s Offices, at 6:00pm on Tuesday 7th March
Finding the Worst Performing TSQL Statement
Greg Larsen explains how you can use Dynamic Management Objects and stored procedures to return your worst performing T-SQL statements.
A Welcome Delay
An open letter to Microsoft from the CEO of Mandriva Linux might not have been the best idea.
Null Defaults
Today Steve Jones asks what default values you might choose for new columns in a table.
Usage of CTE - Trick with Dates
This article exlores the usage of CTEs as a replacement to cursors in order to generate additional data by applying logic to existing data.
Clone a SQL Server login and password to a new server
Bhavesh Patel shows how to clone a SQL Server login onto another server while keeping the password the same.
Configure SSRS with an SSL Certificate
A short demonstration on how to configure Reporting Services (SSRS) with an SSL certificate.
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
Forums
setting an ssis param dynamicaly when the sql agent job runs
hi i was hoping for a more elegant way of setting a pkg level...
Query compile/runtime issue
I have a plan which in sys.query_store_plan shows: Last_compile_start_time of 2026-04-23 00:13:00.7670000 +00:00 Last_execution_time...
Hiring: Financial SQL Systems Administrator
Fisher Phillips is looking for a Financial Systems Administrator to help support and improve our financial...
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 n;See possible answers