Learn T-SQL in 5 Minutes
I will be giving a five minute Lightning Talk at SQLRally in May that aims to do the impossible: Teach...
2011-04-29
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Jen McCown
Drop the Noise
I’m reading Tim Ferriss’ “The Four Hour Work Week” (FHWW) right now, and it’s got me thinking about (among other...
2011-04-28
1,461 reads
Fail-Win Balance
It’s a busy week for me, and a slow one technically. But I know that you, Constant Reader, thirst for...
2011-04-20
522 reads
PASS Women in Technology
The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Women in Technology group first caught my attention at the PASS Summit in 2009...
2011-04-12
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For Your Friday Enrichment: Get Alifeatoll
I have made something for your pleasure and entertainment, and placed it on the MidnightDBA YouTube Channel. Please to enjoy...
2011-04-08
514 reads
Me Me Me, Event Event Event
Dear Readers,
Today’s blog shall be entirely stream-of-consciousness, which is to say, I don’t know exactly what I’m going to talk...
2011-04-07
813 reads
Meme Monday
Meme Monday story:
They’d never heard of indexes. Man, I was SUCH a rockstar!
-Jen McCown, MidnightDBA.com/Jen
2011-04-04
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Varying Results with Subquery, ORDER BY, MAXDOP
In the speaker rooms of SQL events everywhere, there is wondrous blog material to be had, free for the picking...
2011-04-04
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SQL Saturday 63 Dallas: EPICITY
SQL Saturday 63 Dallas. Will. Be. Epic.
Here are my proofs:
The Schedule. Note the gelato breaks. It is impossible to get...
2011-04-01
509 reads
Maaaaaagic Tables!!!
I had an interview earlier this week. An interview for a SQL developer position. It went fine. But. Question number X...
2011-03-30
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Blogs
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...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
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