Damian is Microsoft MVP and Certified Trainer with 20 years of experience. Now trying to share the passion and knowledge among others. He runs the blog with his daughter as she is really passionate about technology

Weekly reading #28

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-10

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Coffee and Croissant

Weekly reading #27

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-01

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Weekly reading #27

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-01

3 reads

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Interview with Greg Low

This is the sixth interview we have done. This time our guest is Greg Low!  I bet you know Greg as he is one of the most recognizable person...

2019-09-27 (first published: )

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Weekly reading #26

Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...

2019-09-17

23 reads

Weekly reading #26

Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...

2019-09-17

5 reads

Coffee beans and equipment

Weekly reading #25

It has been a long time since the last weekly reading post. We have been in Shanghai and Bangalore during the time. We attended in #DPS10 in Bangalore –...

2019-09-11

25 reads

Weekly reading #25

It has been a long time since the last weekly reading post. We have been in Shanghai and Bangalore during the time. We attended in #DPS10 in Bangalore –...

2019-09-11

4 reads

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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;

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