Shortchanged with International Money in SQL Server
Imagine you have to perform some salary analysis for your employer International Mega Corp.
The data you have to work with...
2018-10-03 (first published: 2018-09-25)
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Blog Posts
SQL Change Automation, Visual Studio, and the “Unknown SQL Server Platform” error
I recently set up Redgate’s SQL Change Automation in Visual Studio 2017, and I ran into a confusing error when I started trying to use it. For any other...
2018-10-03
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What is a DBA anyway?
Some time ago we started a new series here, called Database Fundamentals. The very first post in that series asked...
2018-10-03
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Go Green with Blue Using Azure
Is your company working on ways to become more environmentally friendly? Taking care of the environment is an important topic,...
2018-10-02
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Introducing Azure Data Studio
If you’re watching Microsoft Ignite or tracking the information coming out of it on social media, then you know that...
2018-10-02 (first published: 2018-09-24)
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Power BI Dashboards, Reports, and Datasets with the SQL Chefs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I had the opportunity to learn about dashboards, reports, and datasets in Power BI using the best kind of teaching tool: fresh,...
2018-10-02
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Power BI Dashboards, Reports, and Datasets with the SQL Chefs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I had the opportunity to learn about dashboards, reports, and datasets in Power BI using the best kind of teaching tool: fresh,...
2018-10-02
4 reads
Testing Failover for Azure SQL Database
It is always a good idea to test your failover processes when you have setup failover groups in Azure. I...
2018-10-02
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Where Are Your Data Leaks?
It has been almost impossible to avoid reading about the numerous large-scale data breaches reported on a seemingly daily basis....
2018-10-02 (first published: 2018-09-25)
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Why Wont SQL Server Use My Filtered Index?
As with most of my posts of late all examples here are using the StackOverflow SQL Server database that can...
2018-10-02
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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