How do I ask for SQL Server help on Twitter?
For those of us who have been on twitter for a long time, we are familiar with the #sqlhelp hashtag....
2018-11-07
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Free Training: Videos from Tim Mitchell
I’m always on the looking our excellent training, especially free training. Tim Mitchell, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, (twitter | website) has...
2018-10-29
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Slides and Scripts from IT/Dev Connections
If you attended either of my presentations for this past IT/Dev Connections, here are the promised slides and scripts.
As I...
2018-10-23
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Upcoming #SQLChat on Making the Most of Conferences
This month’s #SQLChat is hosted by Rie Irish (twitter | blog). It’s a timely topic: Making the Most of Conferences. With...
2018-10-22
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Rescheduled Performance Troubleshooting Webinar
With Hurricane Florence no longer a hurricane, we have rescheduled the webinar for next Wednesday, September 26, 2018.
Free sign up...
2018-09-19
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Midlands PASS Reboot!
If you’re in or near the Columbia, SC area, we are rebooting the Midlands PASS Chapter. Here is our first...
2018-09-19
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Thursday Webinar Postponed due to Hurricane Florence
Hello! The webinar I was going to give this coming Thursday with MSSQLTips.com has been postponed. When we have a...
2018-09-11
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Talking Data: Six Word Stories
In six words, can you give a compelling description of your data?
I’m taking the Microsoft DAT248x course as part of...
2018-08-30
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Upcoming Performance Tuning Webcast
On September 13, 2018, at 3 PM Eastern (USA), I’ll be giving a webcast for MSSQLTips.com on finding and correcting...
2018-08-28
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Midlands PASS Restart – October 2, 2018
The Midlands PASS Chapter, a local group of PASS, will restart on October 2nd, 2018. We will be meeting at...
2018-08-20
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Is Fabric a Reliable Service...
locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers