The AI T-SQL Tuesday–#160
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and this time there is an interesting invitation. Damien Jones reached out and wanted to host, so he gets to pick the topic...
2023-03-31 (first published: 2023-03-14)
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Call to Action for Female Speakers to Submit to EightKB
EightKB is a wonderfully ran conference by my friends Mark Wilkinson (T | B), Anthony Nocentino (T | B), Andrew Pruski (T | B), and
The post Call to Action...
2023-03-22 (first published: 2023-03-14)
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Daily Coping 14 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to notice how you speak to yourself and choose to use kind words. I was downtown recently for a few days with my wife, staying...
2023-03-14
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JC Bootcamp Stories – Nikola
Od minulého roku jsme spustili náš 4-týdenní Joyful Craftsmen Bootcamp pro budoucí Data Engineers. Jedná se o intenzivní studium přímo u nás v Joyful Craftsmen HUBu, které posouvá datové...
2023-03-14
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On the Road at SQL Bits
I may try to blog, but I know this is a busy week. I’m leaving today for England and SQL Bits. Actually I fly to London and then spend...
2023-03-13
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-06-2023 & Pineapple on Peperoni
Hello Dear Reader! Last week was an incredible week. We dropped new content on Monday, Tuesday had the Community Round Table, Wednesday MS Tech Bits, and released YouTube Shorts...
2023-03-13
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Children at Technical Conferences Part II
Nearly 10 years ago I wrote a blog post about having my son tag along at various conferences I was speaking at. So much has changed in the past...
2023-03-22 (first published: 2023-03-13)
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Daily Coping 13 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to start today by appreciating your body and that you’re alive. I greatly appreciate my body today. I had a long weekend, with a lot...
2023-03-13
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Restore AWS RDS Databases On-Premises
Did you know that you can restore AWS RDS databases to a SQL Server 2022 instance running locally using native backup and restore? Well you can. Let’s talk about...
2023-03-13
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Daily Coping 10 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to notice three things you find beautiful in the outside world. I haven’t been outside a lot lately. It’s been cold and I’ve been busy...
2023-03-10
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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