In a previous post I talked about an issue with storage failover when a Kubernetes node goes offline. In a nutshell, the issue is that the attachdetach-controller in Kubernetes...
2022-10-19 (first published: 2022-10-11)
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Everyone has heard of scaling up and scaling out compute. Have you ever heard about a term called scaling across? Before Snowflake, I never. Scaling up and down is...
2022-10-11
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Recently, a person asked about the costs differences in an execution plan, referencing them as if they were performance measures. The key to understanding performance is to check every...
2022-10-10
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Today’s coping tip is to write down three things you can look forward to in the next month. Easy. Visiting my daughter. I’m heading up this weekend to watch...
2022-10-10
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You can find the slides and the demo scripts (.sql files) in my Github repo. You can use the materials as you like, attribution would be nice 🙂
The post...
2022-10-10
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Hello Dear Reader!
It's been a while. I've been busy working with a few colleagues on our show Tales from the Field. This has been a learning experience.
I've had to...
2022-10-17 (first published: 2022-10-07)
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As a part of my own journey of learning within PostgreSQL, I’ve decided that I’m going to take part in PGSQL Phriday as often as I can, just as...
2022-10-21 (first published: 2022-10-07)
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Today’s coping tip is to be willing to share how you feel and ask for help when needed. This has been something that I never did well. My parents...
2022-10-07
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Apologies for the late invitation. A minor snafu has me hosting again. This is the monthly blog party where someone hosts and you all write a response. I’d like...
2022-10-06
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Today’s coping tip is to remind yourself that you are enough just as you are. This is interesting, as I’m not satisfied with who I am today. I’m not...
2022-10-06
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By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item 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