Meme Monday: SQL Family
Tom LaRock’s (blog|twitter) question this month: What does #sqlfamily mean to me?
Wow…
Geez Tom, couldn’t you ask a hard question for...
2011-11-07
1,789 reads
The Scary DBA
Book Review: Guerilla Leader, T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
As part of my commitment to read and review 12 books in an effort to be active in my own...
2011-11-07
1,771 reads
SQL Server XQuery Against Execution Plans
One of the greatest things about all the DMOs is how you can combine the information they present to you...
2011-10-25
2,045 reads
I Can’t Go To Space
If I could win the DBA In Space contest, I’d be all over it like white on rice. But I...
2011-10-24
1,464 reads
PASS Summit 2011: Wrap-Up
Another Summit done gone by and I’m exhausted. You know you did the Summit correctly if you’re crawling onto the...
2011-10-17
1,441 reads
Extended Events Data
I’ve been working quite a bit over the last week or so with extended events in Denali. The sheer magnitude...
2011-10-17
1,878 reads
PASS Keynote Day #3: Dr. Dewitt
And we’re off. We opened with a video of people saying “Connect, Share, Learn” and “This, is Community”
Rob Farley & Buck...
2011-10-14
1,339 reads
PASS Summit Day 2–Key Notes
Bill Graziano has come out on stage, looking marvelous, in a traditional kilt and stockings. Thanks Bill.
For those who don’t...
2011-10-13
1,099 reads
PASS Summit So Far
This is Day 2 of the Summit proper. But for me, this is the fifth day of the Summit and...
2011-10-13
1,016 reads
PASS Summit 2011 Day #1 Post #1
Hello again. The PASS Organization has once more allowed me to sit at the bloggers table for the key note....
2011-10-12
990 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