Timothy A Wiseman

Timothy A Wiseman is a Database Administrator for SAIC with a focus on efficiency and readability of the database and its surrounding ecosystem. In addition to administering the core SQL Server system, he has experience working with Python and Microsoft Access in conjunction with SQL Server. He holds a Bachelor's of Science in Mathematics as well as an MCDBA and MCITP.

Interests: SQL Server, Python, Go, Mathematics, Legal Issues

SQLite and the Performance Implications of Indexes

by Timothy A Wiseman

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Indexes make an enormous difference in the read speed of a databases. I have previously mentioned that adding proper indexes...

2017-02-05

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MS Access – Store a Different Value than Displayed in a Combo Box

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

It is occasionally usefully to display a different values in an Access combo box than what is actually stored in...

2016-10-13

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Python Distributions

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

Python Distributions Python is free and open source software. A programmer could download the executables for Python directly from the...

2016-07-01

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Pronouns in technical writing.

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

When doing technical writing, or for that matter most forms of writing , we need to be able to refer to...

2016-02-17

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New Publications and a Video

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

The people at Webucator were kind enough to make a video based on my article on dealing with SQL Server...

2015-11-17

394 reads

Making Changes to Many Forms In Access

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

Although generally I prefer to create custom interfaces for my databases using fully developed programming languages like Python or C#....

2015-07-03

494 reads

Keep it short

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

I have been thinking about resumes a great deal lately. Since I recently passed the Bar Exam, I have been...

2015-06-14

547 reads

Dealing with SQL Server LOCK resource errors.

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

I was recently doing some testing that required a fairly large table. I created the test table, and set it...

2014-05-26

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Order of a Result Set in SQL

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

I have seen people build procedures that rely on a result set being returned in a certain order. This is...

2013-09-14

750 reads

SQL Server Three Valued Logic and Ansi Nulls

by Timothy A Wiseman

SQLWise

SQL Server uses a three valued logic with True, False, and Unknown. And, normally, SQL Server Nulls are not comparable....

2013-08-21

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Blogs

Advice I Like: Respect

“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...

Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap

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Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...

Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work

By Eduardo Pivaral

If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...

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Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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locking down agent for new user on our dev machine

hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...

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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
37

What is returned when I run this code:

select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount
from dbo.UserPermission
where UserID = 3;

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