Weekly reading #28
September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...
2019-10-10
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Interview with Joe Sack
This is the seventh interview we have done. This time our guest is Joe Sack! Joe is Principal Program Manager for Azure SQL Database with a focus on query...
2019-10-03
7 reads
Weekly reading #27
September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...
2019-10-01
27 reads
Weekly reading #27
September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...
2019-10-01
6 reads
Interview with Greg Low
This is the sixth interview we have done. This time our guest is Greg Low! I bet you know Greg as he is one of the most recognizable person...
2019-09-27 (first published: 2019-09-17)
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Interview with Greg Low
This is the sixth interview we have done. This time our guest is Greg Low! I bet you know Greg as he is one of the most recognizable person...
2019-09-17
8 reads
Weekly reading #26
Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...
2019-09-17
24 reads
Weekly reading #26
Good morning! It was a tough weekend as we supposed to be in Goteborg on #SQLSatGothenburg but unfortunatelly the flu hit us hard. The talk was handed over by...
2019-09-17
5 reads
Weekly reading #25
It has been a long time since the last weekly reading post. We have been in Shanghai and Bangalore during the time. We attended in #DPS10 in Bangalore –...
2019-09-11
27 reads
Weekly reading #25
It has been a long time since the last weekly reading post. We have been in Shanghai and Bangalore during the time. We attended in #DPS10 in Bangalore –...
2019-09-11
4 reads
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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