If only the entire world used UTC, wouldn’t life be so much easier? We can dream, can’t we? While some software applications can live in an ecosystem where all dates and times can be stored in a single time zone with no conversions needed, many cannot.
2023-01-09
This article demonstrates how to run basic cross-RDBMS code quality checks using SQL Fluff. We analyze the results in PowerShell to produce reports and analytics on the number or types of issues found.
2023-01-06
Learn about prepared statements in SQL Server, what they are, and how to use them along with the commands sp_prepare and sp_execute.
2023-01-06
In this article, I will introduce two JavaScript frameworks that can be used to build backend projects.
2023-01-04
This article provides a simple demonstration of how a small team of developers might set up a Flyway Desktop project to manage, automate, and control database development.
2023-01-04
SQL Server 2022 improved the STRING_SPLIT function so that it can now return lists that are guaranteed to be in order. However, that’s the only thing they improved – there’s still a critical performance problem with it.
2023-01-02
2023-01-02
Where does data fit into the digital transformation story? Discover how and why it deserves a place in this fascinating piece from Pramod Sadalage, principal consultant at Thought Works
2022-12-30
In this article, we walk through the steps and examples of how to use Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) when working in Azure.
2022-12-30
This article dives into all the math required to convert historical times between time zones.
2022-12-28
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers