SQL Server 2008 end of support
2018 is about to end. In the case you didn't know or haven't heard, the extended support for SQL Server 2008 (and R2) reaches to an end in 2019.
This...
2018-12-21
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2008 end of support
2018 is about to end. In the case you didn't know or haven't heard, the extended support for SQL Server...
2018-12-21
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Encrypting a Database Never Finishes
There is plenty of legislation and regulation in place these days that strongly suggest the encryption of data within a database. In SQL Server, we have the ability to...
2018-12-20
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Encrypting a Database Never Finishes
There is plenty of legislation and regulation in place these days that strongly suggest the encryption of data within a...
2018-12-20
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Information Measurement with SQL Server Part 4.3: Euclidean Distance and the Minkowski Family
By Steve Bolton
…………“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.”
…………In this famous remark, Archimedes[1] (287-212 B.C.) managed to...
2018-12-20 (first published: 2018-11-30)
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Personal Touch: An Argument Against Automation
At the far end of an out-of-the-way aging strip shopping center in southern Louisiana, there stands a small and modest sushi restaurant. The exterior could be described as tasteful...
2018-12-20
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Personal Touch: An Argument Against Automation
At the far end of an out-of-the-way aging strip shopping center in southern Louisiana, there stands a small and modest...
2018-12-20
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Restarting a Sequence–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-12-20
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SHUTDOWN SQL Server
Recently a friend by the name of Chris Bell (blog | twitter) wrote about an easy way to disrupt SQL Server....
2018-12-20 (first published: 2018-12-03)
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Actual Emails: What is a "soft delete"?
What's a "soft delete", and why should DBAs be aware of such behavior in tables?
So, a DELETE statement is a “hard” delete. The data is gone.
However, it is a...
2018-12-19
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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
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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