Snowflake – Where is the explain/execution plan?
Whatever your database background is you will have heard of an execution / explain plan. Snowflake is no different. Coming from a MS SQL background I was used to...
2022-09-23
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All About SQL
Using Snowflake – Hands On
Now let’s start the process of creating a snowflake account in the Azure Cloud. You can sign up for a free trial from here – https://signup.snowflake.com/ I am going...
2022-09-23 (first published: 2022-07-26)
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Snowflake Architecture – The Basics
At the most basic level, Snowflake has 3 important components. The Cloud services layer, centralised storage layer and the compute layer. Cloud services – they call this the “brains”...
2022-07-19
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Snowflake Editions
You have decided that snowflake is the technology you want to use to build your next gen data platform, you have decided your cloud provider (Azure, AWS, GCP) then...
2022-07-13
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Snowflake Data Cloud
Time to shift gears away from the world of relational databases whether that is in the cloud, on-prem, Linux-based, containers or even sitting within Kubernetes. Everyone has heard of...
2022-07-06
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A New MVP Led Training Initiative – Cloud Formations
Hello Readers – I wanted to make sure those who follow my blog have heard about the new MVP led training initiative started by Paul Andrew (@mrpaulandrew). It’s called...
2022-07-04
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Azure CLI – Deleting Resources
Azure CLI is really handy for all sorts of tasks. When I build solutions, POCs and environments and I want to tear down the resources I like to use...
2022-06-16
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Azure Storage Replication Types
Storage Accounts are pretty much integrated into so many different designs in Azure, whether you are using Azure Synapse, 3rd party product like Snowflake, or Event Streaming designs –...
2022-06-15
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Azure VM Scale Sets
I really like scale sets. It lets you create and manage up to 1000 load balanced VMs per availability zone using windows or Linux images. (We can have flexible...
2022-06-09
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Azure VM Types
There are many different family groups for Azure VMs each with its own purpose. Below is a summary of what can be selected. This is important because for example...
2022-06-06
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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