Quick Start to Using Influxdb on Macos
Intro
OSS 2.0 is a release candidate at this time, so this may change once it’s released.
It wasn’t quite clear to me how to get up and running quickly with...
2020-11-05 (first published: 2020-10-31)
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Blog Posts
ASF 034: Alex Yates interview (part 1)
Introduction Alex is a Data Platform MVP who loves DevOps. He’s has been helping data professionals apply DevOps principles to relational database development and deployment since 2010. He’s most...
2020-11-04 (first published: 2020-10-30)
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Daily Coping 4 Nov 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-11-04
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Migrating SQL Server container images to the Github Container Registry
A couple of months ago Docker announced that they would be implementing a 6 month retention policy for unused images in the Docker Hub. This was due to kick...
2020-11-04 (first published: 2020-10-29)
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PASS Virtual Summit 2020: I'm (Virtually) Presenting
I'll be presenting at 7AM Central Time in the first timeslot of the main three-day PASS Virtual Summit 2020 conference. It's long been a goal of mine to present...
2020-11-04
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Redgate SQL Data Masker Refreshing Schema
This is a quick blog to help me remember what is going on with the Data Masker product. This is for the SQL Server version, but I believe the...
2020-11-04
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Restoring Database Users After Copying the Database
A former colleague emailed me with a question about retaining/fixing database users and permissions after restoring a database. They were copying a database from one instance to another, with...
2020-11-04
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Restoring Database Users After Copying the Database
A former colleague emailed me with a question about retaining/fixing database users and permissions after restoring a database. They were copying a database from one instance to another, with...
2020-11-04
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #003: Relationships
In my quest to respond to every T-SQL Tuesday since the dawn of the end of 2009, it was only a matter of time before Rob Farley’s name came...
2020-11-04
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Azure Databricks – Adding Libraries
It is a really common requirement to add specific libraries to databricks. Libraries can be written in Python, Java, Scala, and R. You can upload Java, Scala, and Python...
2020-11-03
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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