PASS Summit 2018 brain dump
Much like your paycheck, this post is two weeks after the fact. But also like your paycheck, it’s got a good deal of personal importance. I’ve taken a couple...
2018-11-25
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Blog Posts
Live Query Stats of Running Queries
Since SQL Server 2014 SP1 we’ve had DMV’s that can support Live Query Statistics (Basically a query plan that gives...
2018-11-24
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ASF 016: Chris Webb interview
Introduction Chris Webb is independent consultant specialising in Analysis Services, MDX, Power Pivot, DAX, Power Query and Power BI in...
2018-11-23
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Parameterized dynamic SQL is parameterized.
Ok, that title sounds silly, but it’s actually a real point. The first parameterized refers to using parameters within dynamic...
2018-11-23 (first published: 2018-11-15)
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Power BI Monthly Digest – November 2018
In this month’s Power BI Digest with my friend Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] and I will again guide you through...
2018-11-23 (first published: 2018-11-14)
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Where to Store Index DDL
Recently I was asked my opinion, via Twitter, on where to store the index DDL for a single database that had multiple clients with varied usage patterns. You can...
2018-11-23
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Where to Store Index DDL
Recently I was asked my opinion, via Twitter, on where to store the index DDL for a single database that...
2018-11-23
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Counting blessings – from Summit V2.0 and beyond
I have been a regular attendee at PASS Summit for 15 years now. This year (2018) marked my 15th year...
2018-11-22
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Learning Better Presentation Skills (T-SQL Tuesday #108)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Malathi Mahadevan (@SqlMal). The topic is to pick one thing I would like to...
2018-11-22 (first published: 2018-11-13)
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Setting Memory–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-11-22 (first published: 2018-11-05)
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Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 6
By Zikato
A cryptic message, a book cipher hidden in art provenance records, and a trail...
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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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