It's an Opportunity! Not an Obstacle!
Write this down… No really… Write it, print it, send it to all of your friends and loved ones. J...
2010-11-15
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Blog Posts
My Conversation with Ted Kummert at the PASS 2010 Summit
For some mysterious reason, I was selected as one of the “official” bloggers/tweeters during the PASS Keynotes last week. This...
2010-11-15
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New Path to MCM in SQL Server 2008
Last week, during the first day of the PASS 2010 Summit, Microsoft’s Joe Sack announced the revamped testing program for...
2010-11-15
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PASS Report 1: Why you should have been there!
PASS Summit 2010 is now history. This is my eighth summit but the first one since leaving the DBA world...
2010-11-15
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PASS Summit 2010-Wrap Up
Thursday ended with a ‘Meet the Board’ meeting where attendees could come ask the Board questions or present ideas. It...
2010-11-15
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PASS Summit Magic: The Turn
Watch closely...
I mentioned in my last post that the Turn is the point in the act where the magician executes...
2010-11-15
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PASS, Keynotes and Tweeting
I have never had the opportunity to go to PASS before, but even though I was unable to attend this...
2010-11-15
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PASSMN November Meeting This Week
The PASS Summit has past and now it ‘s time to mention that the November PASSMN meeting is coming up...
2010-11-15
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Presenting At East Iowa SQL Server Users Group On Nov. 16
On Tuesday, November 16, I'll be presenting Paging DR Availability, You're Wanted in the Recovery Room via LiveMeeting to the...
2010-11-15
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ScaryDBA Blog Reboot
After all the conversations at FreeCon last week (more on that later, when I’ve assimilated it better), I finally decided...
2010-11-15
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
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