SQL 2012 evaluate installation requirements
As part of my preparations for 70-462 Administering SQL Server 2012 today I have created a blog post covering "evaluate...
2012-07-24
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SQL FOREIGN KEY CONSTRAINT Syntax
You can enforce referential integrity (ensure you don't get orphans) by adding Foreign Key Constraint and in this tutorial you...
2012-07-24
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SQL Unique Constraint
In this blog psot we show how to restrict users from entering duplicated data by using SQL UNIQUE Constraint. In...
2012-07-24
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PowerPivot default measure aggregation
One of the PowerPivot advantages is flexibility of changing measure aggregation for instance changing average to minimum. PowerPivot applies default...
2012-07-23
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PowerPivot hide fields and unhide in Excel 2013
In this PowerPivot tutorial I show how to improve user experience by hiding fields from PivotTable (client tool) so user...
2012-07-23
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SQL CHECK CONSTRAINT Syntax
We have now added SQL CHECK CONSTRAINT to Exam Guide 70-461 Querying SQL Server 2012 and SQL Tutorial
2012-07-23
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SQL DEFAULT CONSTRAINT Syntax
This time we show how to use SQL DEFAULT CONSTRAINT to provide values for fields that are not given a...
2012-07-23
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SQL PRIMARY KEY CONSTRAINT Syntax
In this tutorial we show how to use ALTER TABLE and add Primary key constraint. This tutorial support our Exam...
2012-07-23
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How to use PowerPivot in Excel 2013
In previous lessons we create basic PowerPivot model now it is time to see how it looks in Excel 2013...
2012-07-22
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PowerPivot create relationships
We continue creating our PowerPivot model using Excel 2013 by adding relationships. We use two methods "manage relationships" dialog box...
2012-07-22
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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...
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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