Error in SSMS: Attempted to read or write protected memory.
There are a lot of reasons to write a blog post. One of my favorites is when I’ve been asked...
2019-02-18
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Kenneth Fisher
What is your why?: T-SQL Tuesday #111
This month Andy Leonard (b/t) wants to know why we do what we do. Funnily enough, this is something I...
2019-02-12
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What’s a differential backup?
Of the different basic types of backups (full, differential and log) I find the differential the most interesting, and frequently...
2019-02-12 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Using Cloud Academy
The other day I talked about using Microsoft Learn. Well, honestly, Cloud Academy is the learning tool I’ve been using...
2019-02-06
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Read-only tables
Sometimes you need a table that is read only. You don’t want anyone to be able to write to it...
2019-02-05 (first published: 2019-01-21)
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SQL Homework – February 2019 – Instance configurations
This homework series really has two purposes. It’s a primer for beginners. These are tasks I think most if not...
2019-02-04
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2019-01-30
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Controlling the firewall for an Azure SQL DB via T-SQL
The other day I took a Microsoft Learn course about securing Azure SQL DB. It was really enjoyable and I...
2019-01-29 (first published: 2019-01-16)
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SQL Bits 2019: The Great Data Heist
SQL Bits is almost here! It’s February 27th to March 2nd. SQL Bits is one of the most popular SQL...
2019-01-14
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#SQLCareer 4/4 January 2nd 2019
Last July (yes, it’s taken me 5+ months to finally finish this) Steve Jones (b/t) suggested that it might be...
2019-01-10
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
What DevOps Look Like in Microsoft Fabric
By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
Forums
Can an Azure App Service Managed Identity be used for SQL Login?
I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this from digging into it yesterday,...
Azure Synapse database refresh
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
how to write this query?
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
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; See possible answers