Finding Data Gaps
Quality data is a goal we all strive to attain. Nobody wants to have bad data. Yet, despite our best efforts, the problem of bad data has its way...
2019-07-11
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Jason Brimhall
Database File Changes
Data professionals around the globe are frequently finding themselves occupied with figuring out why and when a file (data or log) for a database has changed in size. Whether...
2019-07-10 (first published: 2019-06-25)
311 reads
Event Files on Linux
For the most part, things work the way you might expect them to work in windows - except it is on Linux. Sure some things are different, but SQL...
2019-07-10
8 reads
Job History – Back to Basics
An important part of any DBAs job is to ensure database related jobs are running prim and proper. Sometimes that just doesn't happen. When jobs are being overlooked, it...
2019-07-04 (first published: 2019-06-20)
456 reads
Is That Database in Use?
This article demonstrates how to use Extended Events to determine if a database is being used by someone or something.
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2019-07-03
15 reads
Join a List of Values
There are multiple ways of retrieving data from a table when you have a list of values. This article explores the use of the table value constructor.
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2019-07-02
27 reads
It’s an Honor: Microsoft MVP
I am humbled to be among so many great professionals and honored at the same time for having been chosen.
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2019-07-01
5 reads
It’s an Honor: Microsoft MVP
I am humbled to be among so many great professionals and honored at the same time for having been chosen.
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2019-07-01
26 reads
Public Role Permissions – Back to Basics
If you are being serious in your role, then the amount of times you grant permissions to the public role should either be a) never, b) when you want...
2019-07-01 (first published: 2019-06-17)
351 reads
Detail Job History – Back to Basics
With this script, I have the ability to quick show which step is failing, what the command is for that step, what kind of process is running on that...
2019-06-27
69 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
What DevOps Look Like in Microsoft Fabric
By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
Forums
Can an Azure App Service Managed Identity be used for SQL Login?
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Azure Synapse database refresh
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
how to write this query?
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers