Overview of SQL UNION
This article will provide a deep dive into the SQL UNION operator, describing its many uses along with examples and...
2018-09-27
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Blog Posts
Things To Know About SQL Saturday Charlotte #806
Did you know that SQL Saturday Charlotte is just a few weeks away on October 20, 2018? This will be...
2018-09-27
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Using Microsoft Azure – Twitter Analysis
Time for a fun post, I have been working on a mini-project using technology from Microsoft Azure to hook into...
2018-09-27
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You can’t DELETE TOP (x) with an ORDER BY
Did you know you can’t do this?
DELETE TOP (10)
FROM SalesOrderDetail
ORDER BY SalesOrderID DESC;Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 8
Incorrect...
2018-09-27 (first published: 2018-09-19)
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#Ignite2018 Session: Ensure application availability with cloud-based disaster recovery, Azure Site Recovery #SAP #BusinessContinuity
I’m a big fan of Azure Site Recovery for Disaster Recovery and was glad to attend the Ignite session today...
2018-09-26
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Azure Cognitive Services – Language APIs
In today’s post focusing on Azure Cognitive Analytics, I’ll look at the Language Analytics APIs that are available. These language...
2018-09-26
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Azure Database Migration Service (DMS)
As I first mentioned in my blog Microsoft database migration tools, the Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) is a PaaS solution that makes it easy to migrate from on-prem/RDS to Azure...
2018-09-26
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Azure means hybrid now
On Monday 24 September 2018, Microsoft announced a slew of stuff at their annual Ignite conference that is going to...
2018-09-26
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Azure Outage Post-Mortem Part 3
My previous blog posts, Azure Outage Post-Mortem – Part 1 and Azure Outage Post-Mortem Part 2,made some assumptions based upon limited information coming from...
2018-09-26
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Best Hidden Feature in SQL Server 2019
With Microsoft’s Ignite conference this week a lot of new features are being advertised all over the internet. Most likely if you are following along you have heard of...
2018-09-26
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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