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2012-07-20
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Blog Posts
The Mentoring Experiment is taking applications
If you would like a mentor, we’ are taking applications at The Mentoring Experiment. We ran this last year and...
2012-07-20
1,153 reads
When SQLCommunity disappoints....
Everyone who is involved in, and follows me in the SQL Server Community, and my blog, knows, that I am one...
2012-07-20 (first published: 2012-05-08)
3,161 reads
Contained Databases – Server Setting Matters
In doing some additional testing on contained databases, I decided to create a new database on a new test VM.
CREATE...
2012-07-19
2,150 reads
Excel 2013 download and install
Office 2013 Preview is not avialable. I'm particularly interested in Excel 2013 and new self-server BI features so I decided...
2012-07-19
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Excel 2013 enable PowerPivot addin
In this blog post we cover instructions on how to enable PowerPivot in Excel 2013 (you can follow them in...
2012-07-19
1,158 reads
Excel 2013 Power View set up
In this blog post I will share steps I have taken to set up PowerView using Excel 2013. Hopefully tomorrow...
2012-07-19
979 reads
Notes from the July 2012 MagicPASS Meeting
Quick notes from the MagicPASS meeting:
Kendal Van Dyke still the king when it comes to explaining what’s going on with...
2012-07-19
719 reads
Send me your pictures
If you got some with me at SQL in the City last week I London, or anytime in the last...
2012-07-19
1,061 reads
SQL Audit 102 – Reading audit output
Last time we went over the basics of creating a SQL Audit. Now obviously once you’ve gotten your audit in...
2012-07-19 (first published: 2012-07-16)
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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