Dell Selling an iSCSI Box
Saw an plug for it from our sales rep yesterday, MD3000i. Starts at $7300 with just a couple drives, goes...
2007-09-11
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SQLAndy
SQLSaturday - Who are the Customers?
For those who might not have browsed previous posts I'm heading up a free one day training event called SQLSaturday...
2007-09-10
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SQL 2008 CTP4 Available - If you have time!
Makes me yearn for a faster connection, about a 2300 mb download to get all the various pieces and if...
2007-09-10
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Background Images in Reporting Services posted on SSC
I wrote this up based on some questions in our recent BI class where we spend almost a full day...
2007-09-06
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CodePlex, CodeZone, and Connect
You might have visited these already, but it's interesting to see MS diversify a bit from the standard MSDN template....
2007-09-06
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Registration is Open for SQLSaturday Orlando
It's taken a while to get here, but we're finally accepting registrations for the event. This link will take you...
2007-08-31
1,340 reads
Blogging on Blogs & Professional Development
Steve posted an interesting editorial on blogs at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=263&messageid=393904 and the follow up discussion was pretty interesting. Read that if...
2007-08-30
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Getting Random Results Posted on SSC
I previously blogged about using newid() to get random ordering and after chatting with Steve about it, decided to write...
2007-08-30
1,343 reads
SQLSaturday Schedule Announced
Our one day free SQL Server event is slowly gaining momentum! Draft schedule is at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/schedule.aspx. 30 sessions total and...
2007-08-27
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Comments on the 2007 Jacksonville Code Camp
I attended for the morning and Brian attended in the afternoon and did a session as well. It was interesting...
2007-08-27
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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...
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