I am a Risk Taker
Somewhat of a strange title, but it’s been an interesting journey to understand that I do take risks and to...
2010-11-18
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SQLAndy
Template for Tracking Professional Development
One of the ideas I mentioned in my presentation on Comprehensive Professional Development was to set up some type of...
2010-11-17
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A Plug for SQLSaturday #45 in Louisville
My friend Mala is heading up the 2nd annual SQLSaturday in Louisville, KY, being held next year on January 22,...
2010-11-17
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PASS Update #47–Election Review Committee
As always, this represents my own views, I’m speaking only for me and not the entire PASS Board.
Early last week...
2010-11-16
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Help Set Recommendations for SSAS Counters in PAL
First, if you haven’t tried PAL yet, I highly recommend downloading it from CodePlex and giving it a try. You...
2010-11-15
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PASS Summit 2010-Wrap Up
Thursday ended with a ‘Meet the Board’ meeting where attendees could come ask the Board questions or present ideas. It...
2010-11-15
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PASS Summit 2010-Thursday
Quick recap of yesterday afternoon: blur! I know I did stuff, but the pace is brisk and I’m just keeping...
2010-11-12
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PASS Summit 2010- Wednesday
Started the day with a work call and some email, then down to Top Pot with Ron Dameron and Aaron...
2010-11-10
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PASS Summit 2010-Tuesday Part 2
I’m writing this Wednesday morning, and it’s hard to describe the feeling of speed that comes with being here this...
2010-11-10
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PASS Summit 2010-Tuesday
Started my day by going up to the club floor for the continental breakfast, met Mark Souza on the elevator...
2010-11-09
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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