A Test Post
I've been trying to comment on a few interesting blogs here today, but for some reason I can't. It seems...
2009-01-06
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Goals for 2009
I wrote a bit of an analysis for my 2008 goals, but didn’t really list any for 2009. Partially because...
2009-01-06
770 reads
Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS
Steve Jones recommended this one to me. It starts at the very beginnings of UPS and goes through pretty much...
2009-01-05
402 reads
The Story of The Aquarium Stand
Last year we acquired a small aquarium for my daughter, and then upgraded to a whopping 10 gallon tank. Turned...
2009-01-05
4,019 reads
Investing In Yourself
I've always been in favor of investing in things that I think will benefit me long term, but all investments...
2009-01-05
1,578 reads
Orlando DotNetNuke User Group Meeting on Jan 6, 2009
My friend Will Strohl leads this group and asked for help getting the word out. I'm planning to attend.
URL:http://orlando.dotnetnukeug.net/WhatsNew/Events/tabid/91/ctl/Details/Mid/428/ItemID/16/Default.aspx?selecteddate=1/6/2009
Speaker: Stan...
2009-01-05
361 reads
SSIS – CHECKSUM Transformation
CHECKSUM is a TSQL function that computes a hash value over a list of arguments. The great thing about creating...
2009-01-05
20,733 reads
Kindle Review – Back To Paper
I’ve had my Kindle now for about 3 1/2 months and I have to say that I really like it....
2009-01-05
1,051 reads
DBA Mission and Vision Statement
There is a saying that "The important is often not
urgent and the urgent not important". I could not agree more...
2009-01-03
18,341 reads
SQL 2008 Row and Page compression – or SQL 2005 (post SP2) vardecimal conversion
One of the great new features in SQL 2008 is Row and/or Page Compression. Plus, still good news for those...
2009-01-02
1,770 reads
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