2024-07-16
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Blog Posts
Modifying sp_QuickieStore Returned Column Order
I love QuickieStore, but I wanted some columns to be at the front end of the results returned. Namely, I wanted top_waits, query_sql_text, and query_plan right after database name....
2024-07-15 (first published: 2024-07-03)
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Query Store Keeps Switching Itself Off, Getting it Moving Again
I recently received a complaint that Query Store for a particular database was turned off, which was strange as that particular database has seen quite a few performance issues...
2024-07-15 (first published: 2024-07-04)
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Risk with Not Patching and Upgrading SQL Server
Working with SQL Server over the past 25 years for various organizations all over the world, I usually always find a database server that is well outside of support....
2024-07-15
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A New Word: Fitching
fitching – v. intr. compulsively turning away from works of art you find frustratingly, nauseatingly good – wanting to shut off the film and leave the theater, or devour...
2024-07-12
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Data Technology Learning Resources
Hey all! Quick one here. Tracy Boggiano, awesome person that she is, has put together an interesting collection of data over on GitHub. It’s titled DBA Resources, but it...
2024-07-12 (first published: 2024-06-27)
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Take the SQL Saturday Topic Survey
What topics do you want to see presented at a future SQL Saturday (or other event)? Steve Rezhener has built a survey that you can take. Take the survey...
2024-07-12 (first published: 2024-06-25)
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How to Create a Beautiful and Functional Site for Your WordPress Meetup Group
Taking advantage of our free site offer for your WordPress community? Here are some new templates you can use.
2024-07-11
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Create a copy of an Azure SQL DB
Where I work, we will be migrating data from one set of databases into another. I will be making a copy of the destination databases to allow us to...
2024-07-10 (first published: 2024-06-25)
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Exploring Windows Function Execution Plans
There are quite a few different ways that you’re likely to see windows functions evidence themselves within your execution plan. Let’s take a look at one example. Windows Function...
2024-07-10 (first published: 2024-06-24)
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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...
Forums
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...
locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
SQL Server Enum Implementation: A Single-Row View Strategy for Avoiding Magic Values
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Enum Implementation: A...
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