Virtual Presentation Tomorrow
I’ll be presenting a practice run at one of my PASS Summit presentations, Identifying Common Performance Problems using Execution Plans,...
2010-10-27
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Blog Posts
Vote For The SQLRally Pre-Con Seminars
Do you know a real-life Pointy Haired Boss? Maybe you don’t work for him, but I bet you’ve met one.
In...
2010-10-27
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When is that Restore Going to Finish?
I spent a good portion of last weekend restoring databases from backup due to a large release. Nothing went wrong,...
2010-10-27
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2-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown
It’s getting down to brass tacks. There is now only 2 more weeks until the PASS Summit. There’ve been a...
2010-10-26
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Are you Living under a SQLRock ?
I don’t mean a LaRock aka SQLRockstar, but an actual rock.
I was at dinner last week after our all...
2010-10-26
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Bucket List
I have no intentions of kicking the bucket – ever. I have no intentions of getting old either. We’ll see how...
2010-10-26
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Houston Tech Fest 2010
A few weekends ago, I participated in my first Tech Fest, speaking at the Houston Tech Fest 2010 event held...
2010-10-26
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Motivational Monday (On a Tuesday)
Hey Gang,
Sorry for the absence. I have been offline for a bit dealing with some family stuff. All if good...
2010-10-26
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New Book on Query Optimizer
Benjamin Nevarez (blog) has been working really hard on a book on the Query Optimizer. It just got finished in...
2010-10-26
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PASS SQLRally Pre-con Voting Is Open
I'm happy to announce that voting for the 2011 PASS SQLRally Pre-con sessions is now open! There are four tracks:...
2010-10-26
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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