SQL to APS Automation
This script was designed to help make importing data from any SQL2008+ database to an APS much easier.
2015-08-12 (first published: 2015-07-14)
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Scripts
2015-08-10 (first published: 2015-07-16)
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2015-08-06 (first published: 2010-11-02)
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2015-08-04 (first published: 2015-07-08)
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2015-08-03 (first published: 2015-07-12)
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2015-07-31 (first published: 2015-07-12)
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List Job Dependencies
A Stored Procedure that lists all Jobs that target a database and the job dependencies
2015-07-29 (first published: 2015-07-02)
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Function to count set bits in a signed integer
This function counts the number of 1's in the binary representation of an integer.
2015-07-28 (first published: 2014-02-24)
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Function to convert UserAccountControl number to details text
Function that converts AD UserAccountControl number to details text
2015-07-27 (first published: 2013-05-14)
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DB Integrity & Backup Report
This script returns the date for the most recent log/full backups and checks if a DBCC CHECKDB has ran within a week.
2015-07-23 (first published: 2015-06-23)
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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
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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