Where Do You Run Your R Scripts?
Executing R scripts can be a heavy load. Today Steve Jones wonders if SQL Server is the best place to execute these.
Getting started with Query Store feature in SQL Server 2016 – Part 3
Arshad Ali demonstrates how you can analyze the data collected by Query Store either with T-SQL scripting or with the graphical user interface in SSMS.
One Million
The number one million has special meaning to many people. And it's a heck of a metric to achieve in a measurement on a database system.
PowerShell Just Enough Administration
A major difficulty for a System Administrator who wishes to provide access for auditors, Helpdesk staff, developers and other IT people is that adminstrator roles give users more access than they need. It is too easy to make mistakes, or to make more changes than those that were signed-off. With JEA, it is possible to create role-based access control (RBAC) endpoints that define precisely what actions you’ll let your users carry out without needing a elevated, privileged administrator credentials, and which log and report all operations.
Automatically upload SQL Server Database Backups to Azure with Integration Services
Daniel Calbimonte shows how the Feature pack in SQL Server Integration Services can connect to Azure to automatically copy your SQL Server database backups.
Developing Redgate’s SQL Toolbelt
Take a look behind the scenes to learn more about Redgate’s development challenges, what role the SQL Toolbelt plays, and which releases are coming up.
Using OVER() to Fix Bad Version Numbers
See how the OVER() clause was used in a live system to fix overlapping field version numbers.
Blogs
Fabric Mirroring doesn’t start copying Rows
A short blog post about an issue with Fabric Mirroring (with Azure SQL DB...
JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an...
Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
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Creating a JSON Document I
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;
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