Reblog: July 18 to July 24
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-07-25
811 reads
StrateSQL
July 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist
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It’s been a few months since I’ve updated my SQL Server monthly maintenance checklist. Even though it hasn’t been...
2014-07-21
723 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #93
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-07-21
982 reads
Reblog: July 11 to July 17
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-07-18
418 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #92
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-07-14
377 reads
Reblog: July 4 to July 10
Photo credit – Jenn and Tony Bot
Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...
2014-07-11
360 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #91
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-07-07
384 reads
Reblog: June 27 to July 3
Photo credit – JStove
Old posts are like unicorns. You might see them just once, but it’d sure be nice to have...
2014-07-04
889 reads
Microsoft MVP 2014 – SQL Server Award
This past week, I was awarded with the Microsoft MVP 2014 for SQL Server award. This is my sixth award...
2014-07-03
584 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #90
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-06-30
1,608 reads
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?
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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
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Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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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