Keep Data Forever
Today Steve Jones talks about some of the issues with keeping data around a long time and a new archival medium.
2011-08-25
213 reads
Editorials
Pop Tarts and Hurricanes
Today Steve Jones talks about the relation between hurricanes and poptarts, and why you should be working on your T-SQL skills.
2011-08-24
158 reads
The Talent Crunch
There seems to be no shortage of IT jobs in the US, and Steve Jones reminds us that the shortage is for talented workers, not just workers.
2011-08-23
482 reads
Devil's Advocate
With the one hand, Chris applauds the outstanding work of the SQL Server community, and tentatively raises the other to ask if we're on the cusp of a chance.
2011-08-22
124 reads
Virtual Security
As more and more companies move to virtualized servers, security should be on their minds. Steve Jones talks about that changes that you should consider.
2011-08-22
125 reads
A Flock of SQL Servers
Do you want to integrate Twitter with your database server? Steve Jones asks the question this week.
2011-08-19
135 reads
Benefits
Benefits for workers seem to be on the decline. Steve Jones talks about the issue, which might be something you give more weight to when choosing your next job.
2011-08-17
147 reads
Going Big with SSDs
Solid State Drives are becoming more commonplace in database systems. eBay and Facebook have implemented large SSD systems in their environments. Steve Jones thinks DBAs should be learning more about how SSDs affect SQL Server.
2011-08-16
250 reads
Back to Basics
This week Steve Jones reminds us that the basic skills we may take for granted might need some refreshing or updating.
2011-08-15
329 reads
Keeping Your Soul
How much do you need to sacrifice to succeed in business? It might be a lot, but Steve Jones says a lot of financial success is not worth losing your soul over.
2011-08-15
124 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers