Old habits are hard to change sometimes. Time and again, regardless of what the task or query for information might be, my go-to source of information is Google. Whether on my phone or computer, my muscle memory instinctively opens a browser window or clicks into the search widget and starts typing. My “google foo” has […]
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Steve has a few thoughts after the end of mainstream support for SQL Server 2019.
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I won't even try to hide it. I got a huge kick out of the penguin characters in the animated movie, Madagascar. For those who don't know, they're trying to escape the zoo, but are trying to hide that from anyone discovering it. So, they put up a front, "Smile and wave boys. Smile and […]
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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