SQLFool IDX Defrag Scripts
I just found out that Michelle Ufford (@sqlfool) has updated her Index Defrag scripts. Right now she is looking for...
2010-01-26
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SQL RNNR
Tweeting – I took the Dive.
In a previous post, I questioned how much Twitter could really do for me. After some comments made, and some...
2010-01-26
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Indexes Out the Window II
In Part I, I discussed some of the peculiarities and troubleshooting done in relation to a peculiar execution plan. In...
2010-01-26
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Indexes Out the Window
I ran into a peculiarly puzzling situation with a query I have been tuning of late. The query runs some...
2010-01-23
1,085 reads
PayPeriod Matching
Recently I was asked to alter a report to pull different more meaningful data. The particular report was pulling data...
2010-01-21
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Tweet, Tweet, Tweetilly Deet
In a day and age when information abounds and social networking is the only way to communicate (a bit of...
2010-01-19
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Leaving on a Jet Plane
Ok, so it’s not until November – but I am leaving on a Jet Plane nonetheless. It will have been four...
2010-01-18
569 reads
Presentations – Lessons Learned
This will be a very short entry. I just wanted to share a few things I learned very quickly while...
2010-01-15
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TSQL Tuesday – But I was Late
I was late to the game having discovered the Blog Post the day after entries were allowed. Despite that, I...
2010-01-14
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Primary Key Discovery II
In Part I, I discussed a couple of scripts that could be used to help discover some vital information about...
2010-01-13
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Blogs
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Want to look at cloud reporting but not sure what the costs will be?
By ChrisJenkins
Have you been thinking about migrating your reporting to Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake but...
The Joyful Craftsmen and the Revolt BI join forces
The Joyful Craftsmen has become the new owner of Revolt BI. The merger creates...
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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Is it worth hiring experts for BI implementation?
When your team is spending more time gathering data manually or generating reports in...
SQL Server Enum Implementation: A Single-Row View Strategy for Avoiding Magic Values
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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