Data Architecture Blog Post: CI CD in Azure Synapse Analytics Part 1
Hello Dear Reader! It's been a while. I've got a new blog post over on the Microsoft Data Architecture Blog on using Azure Synapse Analytics titled, CI...
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Butter in My Coffee and Low Carb Tortillas: Keto Day 2
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2019-01-14
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My New Year Challenge: The Kessel Run and Keto
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2019-01-14
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Black Panther is Going to Change Superhero Movies
Hello Dear Reader! Sorry it has been so long, I've been blogging over on the MSDN site about technology. I'll...
2018-02-16
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Black Panther is Going to Change Superhero Movies
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2018-02-16
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A Day of Data Science with SQL Server, Azure ML, Spark, Hadoop, and R
Hello Dear Reader! Next week in Jacksonville, Friday August 11th, I will be presenting a Day of Data Science: With SQL Server 2016/2017, Azure ML, Spark, Hadoop, & R....
2017-08-04
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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