Multiple query plans for the same query?
A while back i was creating a stored procedure to be used for pulling data from the SQL Server into...
2011-10-25
13,734 reads
When was SQL Server restarted?
One of the main goals with this blog is to write stuff when we learn / discover new things or smarter...
2011-10-18
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Dude, Where is my memory?
We all know that SQL Server loves memory, and in my opinion SQL Server can never have to much RAM....
2011-10-11
683 reads
Index usage
Last week I blogged about how to get help identifying possible missing indexes by using some of the DMV’s provided...
2011-10-04
803 reads
Missing indexes
One of the most common things I encounter when asked to help with performance problems, is wrong or inadequate indexing....
2011-09-27
1,407 reads
How to monitor number of VLF’s in your database
A few weeks back we did a blog post about a file grow bug that has been fixed with SQL...
2011-09-20
1,630 reads
T-SQL Function: EOMONTH
We have all been in a situation where we had to get the last day of the month with T-SQL....
2011-09-13
5,778 reads
Blog Series: T-SQL Enhancements
Three months back in this blog post – T-SQL Enhancements in SQL Server Denali (2011) – we promised to do a series...
2011-09-06
994 reads
New LOGICAL functions in SQL Server Denali
IFF Function
If you are an old Access or Excel “developer” you know this one. This is not a function I...
2011-09-06
2,971 reads
T-SQL Enhancements: FIRST_VALUE() and LAST_VALUE()
A couple a weeks ago I blogged about a few of the enhancements in the OVER clause, and now I...
2011-08-30
4,630 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers