Daily Coping 2 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-02
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SQL Homework – February 2022 – “Soft” skills.
Well, it’s a new year and a new start, even if I am a bit behind the start of the ... Continue reading
2022-02-02
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SQL Homework – February 2022 – “Soft” skills.
Well, it’s a new year and a new start, even if I am a bit behind the start of the ... Continue reading
2022-02-11 (first published: 2022-02-02)
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SSAS getting message: “Unable to convert one or multiple M partitions into native source queries.”
The Issue Recently one of our team members faced the following issue: We have SSAS Tabular model deployed in DirectQuery mode taking data from MSSQL server database. Suddenly SSAS...
2022-02-09 (first published: 2022-02-01)
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Space used by Individual tables in SQL Server
Learn how to manage SQL Server space used by individual tables with this tutorial. Read more here.
2022-02-14 (first published: 2022-02-01)
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SQL Server Dynamic Management View(DMV)- sys.dm_exec_requests
Execute the sys.dm_exec_requests DMV in SQL Server Management Studio to get the status of the backup or restore operations.
2022-02-01
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Setup Kerberos Constrained Delegation for Group Managed Service Accounts
Kerberos delegation is not a new concept in Active Directory; however, setting it up for Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) can be a bit confusing. Unlike normal domain accounts,...
2022-02-01
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T-SQL Tuesday #147 Invitation – Upgrade Strategies
It is time for T-SQL Tuesday #147 and this month I get to be the host. Since I’m in charge, I usually try to ensure I remember what this...
2022-02-01
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Daily Coping 31 Jan 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-31
22 reads
DP-900 Preparation Guide
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-01-31
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Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
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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
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Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
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attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
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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