SQL Server Luxembourg: Natural Born Killers
The SQL Server Luxembourg user group will be meeting on March 26. This is a free event for all registered attendees, and will feature Richard Douglas and Tom Van Zele as speakers.
Paul Randal: Geek of the Week
Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp, together with their small team of experts at SQLSkills.com, dominate the high-end training and consultancy for SQL Server. We sent Richard Morris to find out a bit more about Paul, his views about SQL Server, his lifestyle, ambitions and plans.
Getting Started with Azure
Many people have been unsure of cloud computing and what it means for your particular application. Steve Jones notes there's a great new demo that can help you get started exploring the Azure offerings.
How Many Passwords?
How many passwords do you have? Steve Jones has a lot and while he notes there are some new ways for us to authorize ourselves for servers, they aren't necessarily making things more secure or less complex.
Windows Azure SQL Database - Uploading Data by Using the bcp Utility
Instead of using a custom SSIS-based project to upload content from an on-premise SQL Server database to Azure PaaS-based SQL Database, Marcin Policht presents an alternative approach. Using the bcp utility not only eliminates the need for any custom development, but also rivals SSIS in terms of its data transfer efficiency.
Automate Sliding Window Partition Maintenance: Part II
Part 2 of a series on how to automate partition management. In this article learn how easy managing and maintaining a sliding window partition scheme can be with PowerShell.
Squeezing the DBA
What do you do as a DBA if you get asked to cook the books? With the economy doing poorly, some executives will be tempted to mis-report earnings and they might ask the technical people to help. Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
Big Data Basics - Introduction to HDFS
One of the core components of the Hadoop framework and responsible for the storage aspect is HDFS. Unlike the usual storage available on our computers, HDFS is a Distributed File System and parts of a single large file can be stored on different nodes across the cluster. Here are some of the key concepts related to HDFS.
Speakers Needed - SQL Saturday #292 Detroit
SQL Saturday #292 in Detroit, MI, is looking for speakers. The event is May 17, 2014, and there are still some speaking slots available.
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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