Pick a Database, any Database…
All sorts of project and organizational analysis go into selecting the right database system for the requirements....or so you'd think.
2022-08-27
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Editorials
2022-08-26 (first published: 2017-08-08)
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Looking Back
Today Steve talks about retrospectives and how we learn and grow as software professionals.
2022-08-24 (first published: 2020-03-30)
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When Is Technology Good Enough?
Technology advances, sometimes beyond what we need sometimes. Steve asks when things are good enough.
2022-08-22
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The Case for Patching
Recently I was testing a feature in SQL Server on 2017 and 2019. There was supposed to be an improvement across versions, but I didn't see it. Then I realized that I was on SQL Server 2019 CU 2 on my laptop, and the current CU is 17. I took a few minutes to download […]
2022-08-20
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How Hard is Kubernetes?
Mercedes has taken advantage of containers and Kubernetes to build knowledge in their staff. This investment helps them adapt and change their technology to meet the needs of the business.
2022-08-19
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DBA to Data Engineer
A title change can come with a salary bump in some cases, but you might need to work to achieve both of those. Steve has a few ideas today.
2022-08-17
2,043 reads
Reducing Debt and Increasing Security
DevOps is often thought of as bringing more features to customers, but it can also help security.
2022-08-15
143 reads
SQL Standard Confusion
The whole universe, the well-guarded people—may they all query databases together in a single language!
2022-08-13
267 reads
DevOps is Mostly About People
Steve says the secret to DevOps is teamwork, which means that people matter. The tools help, but the humans determine the success level.
2022-08-12
142 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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
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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