Be The Connector
Few things are more satisfying than to introduce two people when you think they have common interests. Often it’s driven...
2013-08-14
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SQLAndy
OPASS Meeting W/ Luis Figueroa & Jen Underwood–August 22, 2013
Luis Figueroa will be presenting Getting started with Master Data Services 2012 and then Jen Underwood will be presenting Practical...
2013-08-13
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Create A Job Feed For Your LinkedIn Group
LinkedIn groups have the option to enable a Jobs section and associated discussion area. Potential employers can post jobs directly...
2013-08-12
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Share Your Ideas for Improving PASS on September 9th (Suggestion Tsunami!)
My friend Aaron Nelson was in Florida recently for SQLSaturday #231 and we always find a few minutes to catch...
2013-09-06 (first published: 2013-08-08)
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SQLSaturday Numbers For Period Ending June 30, 2013
Just saw this in the PASS Connector:
The SQLSaturday numbers are in for our fiscal year, which ended June 30, with...
2013-08-07
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Five Weeks Until SQLSaturday #232 In Orlando
Time has flown by and we’re just five weeks from SQLSaturday #232 on September 14th, 2013. It’s a time of...
2013-08-06
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Ebooks From The Library–Overdrive Media Console
Recently I installed the Android version of the Overdrive Media Console on my Nexus 7. It’s a free app. Install...
2013-08-06
788 reads
Embedding Flash Video in a Blog Post
I recently needed to figure out how to embed Flash streaming video in a blog post. LiveWriter does Youtube ok...
2013-08-05
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Presenting PCI for the SQL DBA on August 8, 2013
I’ll be doing my PCI for the SQL DBA presentation on August 8th at 1 pm Eastern for the PASS...
2013-08-05
801 reads
Review: The Phoenix Project
Back in April Steve Jones mentioned reading a review of The Phoenix Project by mutual friend Thomas LaRock. It’s a...
2013-08-02
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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