The Last Day To Save
If you have not registered for the 2005 PASS Summit, today is the day to do so. The conference fee goes up after today, so call your boss and get registered.
2005-06-30
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Press Release
The July SQL Server Standard - Replication
We've just sent the July issue of the SQL Server Standard to the printer and it should be shipping out to you subscribers next week. The e-version should be in your virtual briefcase and it should be at the PASS and MCP sites soon. Read the editorial and see what's in this issue.
2005-06-23
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Help Us Out For A Free Gift
We would like to offer a free copy of the May 2004 SQL Server Standard magazine to everyone who can take a couple minutes to update some demographics for us.
2005-06-08 (first published: 2005-05-25)
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A Look Back at the 2005 PASS European Conference in May
Kurt Windisch, Vice President of the Professional Association for SQL Server, recently returned from their European Conference. He shares a few notes on the event which was held earlier this month in Germany.
2005-05-31
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SQL Server Standard for MCPs
It's back after some negotiating the myriad of groups at Microsoft, the SQL Server Standard is back for Microsoft MCPs.
2005-05-31
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The SQLServerCentral.com IT Research Library
We've partnered with BitPipe and TechTarget to bring a huge collection of white papers and other valuable information to you for free!
2005-05-12
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The BestOf vol. 3 and Stumpers Vol. 2
New books from SQLServerCentral.com. The latest versions of our very popular SQL Server reference materials are now available.
2005-05-11
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SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4
It's now available!! Find out what's in there and where you can get it.
2005-05-09
21,839 reads
Steel City SQL
If you're in the Birmingham area, a new SQL Server users group, affiliated with PASS is forming. User groups are a great way to meet people and do some networking in your area. The first meeting is later this month, so if you can, drop by.
2005-05-05
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DBxtra Discount
We periodically negotiate a discount withe vendors for the SQLServerCentral.com readers. We've gotten another one from DBxtra for a Professional license if you're interested in this reporting tool.
2005-04-28
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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; See possible answers