Telepresence
Today Steve Jones notes that an advance in technology will help change the way he works.
SQL Server 2014 Has Been Released
Today is the first day of general availability for SQL Server 2014.
SQL Server 2014 New Defaults
SQL Server 2014 is being released and a change in the defaults will ensure that more instances will run smoother.
Database Master Key Error After Database Restore
When restoring a database to another server, you may get a master key error if using symmetric keys
David McCandless Keynoting at PASS Business Analytics Conference 2014
Bringing together business analysts, data scientists, and business intelligence and IT pros, the PASS BA Conference will feature 65+ best-practices, how-to, and strategy sessions by top BA/BI experts. Keynoting this year is Information Is Beautiful author David McCandless.
IT Skills Shortage? No, Just Looking in the wrong place
In which Phil ruminates on the ridiculous idea that we in the West suffer from an IT skills shortage. In truth we have a very blinkered idea of the sort of person who would succeed in an IT Development role
X in Technology
Steve Jones talks about the women in technology, and other efforts to help minorities.
Applying The Scientific Method to SQL Server Performance Tuning
A relational database is a complex machine that is asked to deal with intricate problems. When things go wrong, it usually takes knowledge, deduction and a systematic approach to track down the root core of problems and to determine the best fix, Joshua Feierman illustrates how this can be done.
Solid State Tapes–Prelaunch News!
In the world of data it’s always been about speed. SSD’s have become very common on consumer machines and not unusual in corporate datacenters.
The Perfect Environment
All our environments for SQL Server are different, but Andy Warren wonders if each of us might have a "perfect environment." Would things be standardized to make administration consistent? Or perhaps flexible to allow each instance to be tailored to its own needs.
Blogs
Data Engineering Books Worth Having on Your Shelf (or your tablet)
Good documentation gets you started. Good books get you deep. After years of working...
SSMS Evaluation – future ready
By Vinay Thakur
In previous posts, we looked at the SQL Server engine. for us DBAs, the...
Claude.ai vs Claude API
By Arun Sirpal
You have used Claude. But which Claude? The Claude app (claude.ai, the desktop and...
Forums
Creating a JSON Document IV
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Restoring Azure Key Vault Keys and Validating SQL Server TDE Recovery: Level 7 of the Stairway to TDE
By VishnuGupthanSQLPowershellDBA
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Permissions Removal When Changing Object Schema
When the schema of an object is changed, SQL Server wipes out the previous...
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