SQL Server STUFF
The STUFF function in SQL Server is one of those little gems that is very under-used but when needed can be a real handy utility – at least that’s...
2022-01-10
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measure twice, cut once.
More Times Like These with SQL Server
I blogged the other about have some issues translating Oracle date formats to SQL Server date data types I find the way SQL Server handles dates with a defined...
2021-12-06
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Times Like These with SQL Server
I was doing some conversion of Oracle code (PL/SQL) to SQL Server code (T-SQL) – which had some quirks. I just thought that I’d share a quick tip that...
2021-12-02
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What exactly is a modern data warehouse?
G’day, I was asked recently what a modern data warehouse is – and that’s a vey thought provoking question. First, there’s the tag “Modern” – I think what’s modern...
2020-12-14
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OPENJSON and CROSS APPLY
OPENJSON is pretty central to manipulating JSON documents in T-SQL. As we’ve seen, we can use a default schema that will return metadata about the JSON document or we...
2020-06-24 (first published: 2020-06-09)
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OPENJSON and CROSS APPLY
OPENJSON is pretty central to manipulating JSON documents in T-SQL. As we’ve seen, we can use a default schema that will return metadata about the JSON document or we...
2020-06-09
4 reads
OPENJSON and an Alias
Using Aliases in T-SQL is very common. We can alias both Tables (FROM clause) and Columns (SELECT clause) and some other things too. It’s all pretty fundamental to writing...
2020-06-08
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OPENJSON and an Alias
Using Aliases in T-SQL is very common. We can alias both Tables (FROM clause) and Columns (SELECT clause) and some other things too. It’s all pretty fundamental to writing...
2020-06-08
2 reads
OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II
We’ve looked at getting pulling data from a JSON document into relational table format using an explicit schema that was defined in the WITH clause of the OPENJSON table...
2020-06-07
11 reads
OPENJSON : Getting to the data, and the PATH – PART II
We’ve looked at getting pulling data from a JSON document into relational table format using an explicit schema that was defined in the WITH clause of the OPENJSON table...
2020-06-07
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers