What is #SQLFamily?
There’s a large group of people that mean a lot to me. Some of them I know well, and others...
2011-11-07
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Tim Mitchell
SQL PASS 2011 Keynote, Day 1
It’s that time of the year again – the SQL PASS summit 2011 is underway! Today I’m participating in the blogger...
2011-10-12
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Don’t Be This Guy
Note: This post was originally posted on October 29, 2009. In the interest of the upcoming conference season, I’m republishing...
2011-09-02
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Don’t Be This Guy
Note: This post was originally posted on October 29, 2009. In the interest of the upcoming conference season, I’m republishing...
2011-09-02
810 reads
SQL Saturday #90 OKC
This past Saturday, I made the relatively short (3 hour) drive north to Oklahoma City to participate in their first...
2011-08-29
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SQL Saturday #90 OKC
This past Saturday, I made the relatively short (3 hour) drive north to Oklahoma City to participate in their first...
2011-08-29
919 reads
T-SQL Tuesday (er, Wednesday): Crap Code
Ok, I have two admissions that I must bare to the world in this post. The first is that I’ve...
2011-08-10
702 reads
T-SQL Tuesday (er, Wednesday): Crap Code
Ok, I have two admissions that I must bare to the world in this post. The first is that I’ve...
2011-08-10
1,266 reads
Can You Endorse Me?
“Hey man, this is Ty*, what’s happening?” roared the familiar voice in my Bluetooth earpiece. It was a voice I...
2011-07-20
556 reads
Can You Endorse Me?
“Hey man, this is Ty*, what’s happening?” roared the familiar voice in my Bluetooth earpiece. It was a voice I...
2011-07-20
1,250 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?
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