ALTER INDEX….ABORT!
I know there are people out there that will be going from older versions of SQL to SQL Server 2016, yes...
2016-10-06
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Arun Sirpal
Detaching corrupt databases
Question – Can you detach a corrupt database? Answer – IT DEPENDS! More specifically it depends on the SQL Server version. SQL...
2016-10-04
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Query Store – Quick Tour
The query store, Borko Novakovic Senior Program Manager from Microsoft calls this feature “Similar to an airplane’s flight data recorder”....
2016-10-03
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My application to Microsoft
I have been eager to write this blog post for a while now. I want to share my experience of...
2016-09-29
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Restoring Azure SQL Database
A major benefit of Azure SQL Database (PaaS) is the fact that Microsoft manages the backups – it’s great because recovering...
2016-09-23 (first published: 2016-09-16)
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Azure SQL Data warehouse
For this blog post I want to show you the steps required to setup an Azure SQL Data warehouse and...
2016-09-21
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SSMS Keeps Crashing
It is quite frustrating when SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) randomly crashes, all too often for my liking. If you have...
2016-09-20
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Azure IaaS Premium Storage Test
I thought I would share the output of some DiskSpd tests that I conducted on Azure VMs that ultimately will...
2016-09-19
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More PowerShell for the Azure World
The collection of Azure SQL Database cmdlets can be found at – https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt574084.aspx. There are alot, however I tend to use...
2016-09-15
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DBCC CHECKFILEGROUP
Well, with the name “blobeater” it was about time I did another post on CHECKDB. This time I want to...
2016-09-14 (first published: 2016-09-13)
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
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Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
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