The Layman’s View of a DBA
I wrote this piece as a guest on Bradmcgehee.com for the DBA in Space competition. Republishing here.
A DBA (Database Administrator)...
2011-12-07
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Blog Posts
What Makes The Perfect DBA Role?
What is it that makes the perfect role for a Database Administrator?
Well I can’t tell you that because you and...
2011-12-07
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Create Drillthrough Reports
Use Actions!
Your user wants a summary report, containing sales for calendar year, for example. When the user clicks on the...
2011-12-06
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DATEADD and variables in SQL
To make the T-SQL function DATEADD more dynamic use variables. The example below , accepts an input parameter , in this case...
2011-12-06
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DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 12
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
As this scene starts on Lunar Exhibition set, Miss Friday is...
2011-12-06
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December Event Reminder
We are now only two days away from the biggest event of the week!! More accurately though, it is the BIGGEST event for the Las Vegas chapter of...
2011-12-06
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December Event Reminder
We are now only two days away from the biggest event of the week!!
More accurately though, it is the BIGGEST...
2011-12-06
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Excel for the DBA, Part 1–The Basics
This will be a series of handy hints for people that know SQL and are frustrated by Excel. I am...
2011-12-06
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Extended Events - inaccurate_cardinality_estimate
Extended events have been a bit of a personal “Elephant in the room” for me. I know they are there...
2011-12-06
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How to Build a Resume (that doesn’t suck)
Resumes are like opinions, which are like something else: everybody’s got one. And if you don’t have one, then certain...
2011-12-06
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Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 6
By Zikato
A cryptic message, a book cipher hidden in art provenance records, and a trail...
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers