Daily Coping 24 Jan 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-24
21 reads
Introducing ScriptDOM
I’ve been meaning to get a series of blog posts started on this topic. A twitter conversation from yesterday finally pushed me to it. Last year, I was tasked...
2022-02-04 (first published: 2022-01-24)
848 reads
Data Thoughts – Microsoft Exams and Simulations
G’day, I’ve based my career around Microsoft products on the Data Platform. The first product that I seriously learnt was Microsoft SQL Server back around 2000. I was lucky...
2022-01-23
12 reads
Daily Coping 21 Jan 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-21
47 reads
Using dbachecks for CIS Security Checks
Well back at the end of 2019 I finished writing most of the checks related to the CIS Center for Internet Security requirements. I have yet to write a...
2022-02-02 (first published: 2022-01-21)
2,447 reads
How to tell if Change Data Capture (CDC) is working as expected
I’m not sure how many of you use Change Data Capture (CDC) on your instances, but I’ve had to support it for a while now and I thought I’d...
2022-01-20
454 reads
Daily Coping 20 Jan 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-20
40 reads
Trusting the Fine Print or connecting Azure Data Factory with Salesforce
(2022-Jan-19) David Eldersveld once said that a “cool solution is a completely insecure solution” - David Eldersveld on Twitter. That puzzled me, but only for a little while, since I...
2022-01-31 (first published: 2022-01-20)
541 reads
Creating a new User-Defined Data Type–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I ran across a question on user-defined data...
2022-01-19
78 reads
A new chapter begins
In 2012 when I originally founded Born SQL, I never imagined I would find myself a five-time recipient of the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award, let alone be offered...
2022-01-19
28 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