I’m excited to share a new open-source project I’ve been working on that combines two of my favorite areas: SQL Server and Pure Storage FlashArray performance monitoring. If you’ve...
2025-06-26
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When you create linked services in Azure Data Factory (ADF) or in a Synapse Workspace, you typically want to parameterize certain properties of the connection. When you deploy your...
2025-06-26
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What is Concurrency in Databases? Concurrency control ensures that multiple transactions can occur simultaneously without leading to data inconsistency. Two popular concurrency control mechanisms are: MVCC in PostgreSQL PostgreSQL...
2025-06-25 (first published: 2025-06-11)
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After spending decades working in SQL Server, getting familiar with PostgreSQL felt like traveling to a country where everyone speaks a language I mostly understand – but with a different accent...
2025-06-25 (first published: 2025-06-11)
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Instead of teaching the CISA exam prep course, I'm teaching in the IT track. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) being a central focus in most audit and security tracks, I'm...
2025-06-25
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📘 Understanding PESTLE PESTLE is a strategic framework used to evaluate external macro-environmental factors that influence business operations. It stands for This model is particularly useful for assessing how...
2025-06-24
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Configuration, Performance, and Unnecessary Usage TempDB is the SQL Server equivalent of a junk drawer – everyone uses it, nobody monitors it, and eventually it becomes a bottleneck you...
2025-06-23 (first published: 2025-06-04)
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I have a proper blog post coming out tomorrow for T-SQL Tuesday, but today, celebrate with me that SSMS 21 finally, at long last, fixes the irritating fact that...
2025-06-23 (first published: 2025-06-09)
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SQL Bits 2025 was amazing, as always. It’s been my favorite conference to attend, with lots of friends, a family atmosphere, and some amazing speakers from whom I learn...
2025-06-22
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lackout – n. the sudden awareness that you’re finally over someone, noticing that the same voice that once triggered a cocktail of emotions now evokes nothing at all –...
2025-06-21
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If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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Have you been thinking about migrating your reporting to Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake but...
The Joyful Craftsmen has become the new owner of Revolt BI. The merger creates...
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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