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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Blog Posts
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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SQLpassion Black Friday Deal 2018
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2018-11-22
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Using RANKX in Computed Column and MEASURE
This is my first blog for PBI – DAX. I lately started working on DAX and trying to understand it in depth. While looking for a DBA hat, getting...
2018-11-22
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Using RANKX in Computed Column and MEASURE
This is my first blog for PBI – DAX. I lately started working on DAX and trying to understand it in...
2018-11-22
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Azure Data Studio and XEvents
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is getting all sorts of love and attention these days. So much so that they have finally gotten around to adding Extended Events (XE) to...
2018-11-21
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Azure Data Studio and XEvents
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is getting all sorts of love and attention these days. So much so that they have...
2018-11-21
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Cannot Use the Special Principal – Back to Basics
I recently had a client call me out of the blue because he happened to be getting an error while...
2018-11-21 (first published: 2018-11-07)
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEDIFF() and DATEDIFF_BIG()
Last time we looked at adding or subtracting date parts using the DATEADD() T-SQL system function. This week we see...
2018-11-21
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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