Power BI Confusion
Just a quick post on some Power BI material that I believe should reach as many people as possible. I get...
2015-07-14
1,630 reads
Koen Verbeeck
T-SQL Tuesday #68: Just say No to Defaults
It’s the second tuesday of the month and you know what that means! T-SQL Tuesday time! If you don’t know...
2015-07-17 (first published: 2015-07-13)
2,418 reads
Thoughts on Power Query and SSIS
Recently I received a very interesting question on Twitter from Jeremy (blog | twitter):
@jmarx definitely yes
— Koen Verbeeck (@Ko_Ver) July 10,...
2015-07-13
2,535 reads
Reblog: What’s the deal with Excel and SSIS?
SQLKover update: When I read this old blog post of mine, all I can think about is: Power Query to...
2015-07-10
1,301 reads
100th post
This is my 100th blog post here at LessthanDot!
(I’m not lying, check for yourself)
I started blogging at the end of...
2015-07-10
520 reads
Overview of Published Articles – 2015Q2
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the secondt quarter of 2015.
INTENSE SCHOOL
Book Review: Query Tuning & Optimization by...
2015-07-09
529 reads
Hello world!
Hi there!
Although this looks like my first blog post, it actually isn’t. This is the new place for my blog,...
2015-07-08
371 reads
How to drop a Temporal Table
No no, I didn’t say temporary, but temporal! SQL Server 2016 introduces a great new feature called Temporal Tables. Or...
2015-07-03
2,739 reads
Doing a Full Outer Join in Power Query
A while back a give a session at the element61 Microsoft Business Analytics Day, a free event where the capabilities...
2015-07-09 (first published: 2015-07-02)
3,685 reads
SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.1 has been released
Microsoft is all about rapid release cycles nowadays. We already experienced this with Power BI, where monthly new features and...
2015-06-29
1,220 reads
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