The SQL Server and Containers Guide
I’ve been blogging about running SQL Server in Docker containers for a while now and, to be honest, my blogs are scattered over a few years and some need...
2020-10-07 (first published: 2020-09-30)
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
New Pluralsight Course – Kubernetes Package Administration with Helm
My first course Kubernetes Package Administration with Helm has been published on Pluralsight and is now available! Check out the course overview here This course is aimed at anyone...
2020-08-25
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A kubectl plugin to decode secrets created by Helm
Last week I wrote a blog post about Decoding Helm Secrets. The post goes through deploying a Helm Chart to Kubernetes and then running the following to decode the...
2020-08-31 (first published: 2020-08-18)
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Decoding Helm Secrets
Helm is a great tool for deploying applications to Kubernetes. We can bundle up all our yaml files for deployments, services etc. and deploy them to a cluster with...
2020-08-19 (first published: 2020-08-10)
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SQL Server and Docker Compose
I used to think that Docker Compose was used solely to spin up multiple containers, in fact I blogged about doing just that here. That opinion changed when I...
2020-07-27 (first published: 2020-07-17)
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EightKB – Schedule published
Today we announced the schedule for EightKB EightKB was setup by Anthony Nocentino (b|t), Mark Wilkinson (b|t), and myself as we wanted to put on an event that delved...
2020-05-21 (first published: 2020-05-06)
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Running Azure SQL Database Edge on a Raspberry Pi
One of the coolest new projects out there is Azure SQL Database Edge: – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database-edge/ This allows SQL Server to run on ARM devices which will expand the range...
2020-04-22
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Running Azure SQL Database Edge on a Raspberry Pi
One of the coolest new projects out there is Azure SQL Database Edge: – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/sql-database-edge/ This allows SQL to run on ARM devices, just think how many devices are...
2020-04-22
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EightKB – A new virtual SQL Server event
With all the events that have been cancelled over the next few months due to the on-going COVID-19 crisis, Mark Wilkinson (b|t), Anthony Nocentino (b|t), and I wanted to...
2020-04-22 (first published: 2020-04-15)
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Adjusting pod eviction time in Kubernetes
One of the best features of Kubernetes is the built-in high availability. When a node goes offline, all pods on that node are terminated and new ones spun up...
2020-04-17 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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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