Last week reading (2018-11-11)
Hello folks, how are you today? It was a very comprehensive week and many of my friends returned home after...
2018-11-11
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Blog Posts
Data Classification in SQL Server 2019
One of the areas that Redgate is working on is making data classification easier. Microsoft added some capabilities to SSMS...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 2
In my previous blog post of this topic, I talked about the definition of what GDPR is and also described...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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PASS Summit Cosmos DB Demo Code
As part of the PASS Summit conference session that Bob Pusateri and I are presenting right now called “Cosmos DB...
2018-11-09
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be visibly represented as the wrinkles on your face. Other...
2018-11-09
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Refresh SQL Modules
As is true in most facets of life, things tend to get stale and old. Sometimes this staleness can be...
2018-11-09
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Vote for the PASS Board of Directors
Voting is open for the PASS Board of Directors. It’s a non-event this year, with three open positions and three...
2018-11-09
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Creating a Quick Dashboard Widget
I read Carlos Robles blog on creating an Azure Data Studio (ADS) insight widget and decided to try this for...
2018-11-08
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Enable Machine Learning Services on SQL Server
R Services (SQL Server 2016) or Machine Learning Services (2017 and 2019 CTP) provide you with the ability to perform data analysis from the database itself using T-SQL.You can...
2018-11-08
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Enable Machine Learning Services on SQL Server
R Services (SQL Server 2016) or Machine Learning Services (2017 and 2019 CTP) provide you with the ability to perform...
2018-11-08
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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