Quickly Creating Test Users in SQL Server with PowerShell using the sqlserver module and dbatools
One of the most visited posts on my blog is nearly two and half years old now – Add User to...
2017-03-16 (first published: 2017-03-06)
1,726 reads
SQL DBA With A Beard
SQL VNext sp_configure on Windows and Linux with dbatools
This weekend I set up some SQL vNext virtual machines, two on Windows and one on Linux so that I...
2017-03-07 (first published: 2017-02-27)
2,095 reads
Adding a T-SQL Job Step to a SQL Agent Job with PowerShell
In my last post, I explained how to alter an existing job step across many servers. I also had cause...
2017-02-23 (first published: 2017-02-20)
3,130 reads
Altering a Job Step on Hundreds of SQL Servers with PowerShell
I flew to Utrecht last week to present with Chrissy LeMaire and Sander Stad to present to the joint Dutch...
2017-02-13
413 reads
Using the PowerShell SQL Provider with SQL Authentication
Whilst having a conversation with Chrissy LeMaire last week about using the SQL Provider. She asked if it could use SQL...
2017-01-12
1,873 reads
A Whole Day of PowerShell and SQL – Join Chrissy LeMaire & I at #sqlsatvienna
SQL Saturday Vienna 2017 is only just around the corner.
On Friday, January 20, 2017, a lot of local and international...
2017-01-09
404 reads
Running SQL Queries with Visual Studio Code
Reading this blog post by Shawn Melton Introduction of Visual Studio Code for DBAs reminded me that whilst I use...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2017-01-05)
5,416 reads
2016 – That was a Year :-)
Its the time of year for reflection and I have had the most amazing 2016, I am blessed that I love...
2017-01-02
497 reads
Deploying a Windows Data Science Virtual Machine to Azure with PowerShell easily
This weekend (10 December 2016), I went to Slovenia for a SQL Saturday. As always, it was an amazing event...
2016-12-18
817 reads
Enabling Cortana for dbareports PowerBi
Last week at the Birmingham user group I gave a presentation about PowerShell and SQL Server
It was a very packed...
2016-11-16 (first published: 2016-11-13)
1,825 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
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...
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