The One Metric to Rule Them All
Measuring the performance of systems isn't always just CPU, RAM, and Disk IO. Today Steve Jones looks at business based metrics.
2016-12-09
109 reads
Editorials
Testing Coders
It seems that everyone has a different idea on how to interview people. Today Steve Jones looks at the technique of having someone improve some code in real time.
2016-12-08
107 reads
What do you do when you inherit a mess at work?
I have seen three common responses to database messes. My favorite is nuclear.
2016-12-06
271 reads
2016-12-05
101 reads
First Class Jobs
This week Steve Jones examines the idea of making jobs in SQL Server, first class citizens.
2016-12-02
108 reads
Learn to Earn
Learning more about your craft can translate into more earnings, but it won't be easy.
2016-12-01
113 reads
The Pressure to Compromise Ethics
There are always people that ask workers to deceive, defraud, or mislead customers. This is true for software developers as well.
2016-11-30
115 reads
Finally, Create or Alter
Today Steve Jones looks at the CREATE OR ALTER syntax, added in SQL Server 2016 SP1.
2016-11-29
176 reads
Hire the Right People
Today Steve Jones discusses the need to hire the people to do the tasks we need done, not the position we filled.
2016-11-28
136 reads
Online T-SQL Scripts and Copyright
The issue of copyright for online scripts is a grey area. If a script is published without any form of copyright notice, most people assume that it is freely available for reuse. It's not necessarily the case.
2016-11-25 (first published: 2009-04-20)
661 reads
Blogs
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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