Create a Community Event at the Summit
There are a few community events at the Summit this year, but fewer than in the past. I know we’re all rebooting our conference experiences, and that can make...
2022-11-02
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 2 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to be kind to yourself today. Remember, progress takes time. I am usually good at this. I work on many things that take time, so...
2022-11-02
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Getting Help Online
I spend a lot of time in the forums on various web sites, trying to assist people with getting help online. It’s shocking how hard they make it. Let’s...
2022-11-02 (first published: 2022-10-24)
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Organize Your Tabs in SQL Server Management Studio
I blogged about this in August, but wanted to do this video as well: Thanks for reading and/or watching! Kevin3NF Follow @Dallas_DBAs
The post Organize Your Tabs in SQL Server...
2022-11-02
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 10-17-2022
Hello Dear Reader! I hope you had a fantastic weekend. This weekend we celebrated my parents 50th wedding anniversary, my oldest daughter flew into town for an early birthday,...
2022-11-02 (first published: 2022-10-24)
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Daily Coping 1 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to be kind to yourself. Remember progress takes time. I’ve spent most of this year trying to better manage my weight and become healthier. I...
2022-11-01
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SQL Kilts #SeattleSummitMoments
This is another memory of the PASS Summit, this one an idea from Grant Fritchey, who wanted support the Women in Technology (WIT) events. And have a few laughs...
2022-11-01
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T-SQL Tuesday #155 Round Up
It’s time to look back at the 155th blog party. I was the host this month, asking about Dynamic SQL. I got quite a few responses, which I’ve gone...
2022-11-01 (first published: 2022-10-31)
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Daily Coping 31 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to find a new perspective on a problem you face. I don’t face many big problems, but I do face lots of small ones on...
2022-10-31
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Granular Cost Management for Azure Data Factory
A new feature has been launched that allows you to have more granular control over the execution costs of your pipelines. By enabling the feature, you have a cost...
2022-10-31 (first published: 2022-10-19)
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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
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Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Is Fabric a Reliable Service...
locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
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