2018-10-15
78 reads
Editorial
Modeling and Design Are More Important in DevOps
Steve notes that modeling and good database design can't be ignored in DevOps work.
2018-10-15
50 reads
The Importance of Consistent Server Setup
In larger shops with multiple database servers, it is very important to have consistency.
2018-10-12
163 reads
2018-10-11
472 reads
Single Source of Truth
Andy Warren talks about the single source of truth for information. It could be the database, but that's not always the best choice.
2018-10-09
249 reads
Remember the Simple Things
Steve has a troubleshooting experience that reminds him of a lesson he should have learned.
2018-10-08
76 reads
What Should You Look for in a SQL Monitoring Tool?
Performance is a common reason to monitor SQL Server. The work day of a database administrator is often interrupted with unexpected calls about slowness in applications or reports. But, how does the performance today compare to the performance last week or last month? Can the root cause of the issue be traced to the database […]
2018-10-08
45 reads
The Single Pane of Glass
The idea of a single place to get the status of your environment is an interesting one.
2018-10-05
88 reads
2018-10-04
60 reads
2018-10-03
43 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
Forums
Can an Azure App Service Managed Identity be used for SQL Login?
I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this from digging into it yesterday,...
Azure Synapse database refresh
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
how to write this query?
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers