Expanded Support for Non-Windows SQL Server
Steve is excited that SQL Server is moving to a new platform.
Considerations for Running SQL Server on Kubernetes
In this article we discuss deploying SQL Server containers / images using Azure Kubernetes Cluster.
Using Flyway Output in PowerShell
How to send Flyway logging and error output to JSON and consume it in PowerShell to produce ad-hoc database migrations reports, including any errors that occurred, the version of the database, runtimes for each migration script and more.
Constant Integration
Apple buys a company every few weeks. The data integration for this must be a large effort.
Datatypes and the Default Mask with Dynamic Data Masking - Step 2 of the Stairway to Dynamic Data Masking
This article digs deeper into the ways that Dynamic Data Masking works with different data types.
What is interpolation?
In this article, Joe Celko explains interpolation and covers a bit about the history and what we all did before computers.
Generating Art
Using metadata to drive software is very useful, which means that having clean data and lots of metadata can help create better software.
Building reusable table build scripts using SQL Prompt
You need a fast, general-purpose way to save the results of a query or batch or procedure into any sort of worktable, such as a temporary table or a table variable or table valued parameter. A simple SELECT…INTO isn't versatile enough for these requirements, and the alternative ways to handcraft the list of columns are slow and error prone. Phil Factor shows how to create a 'table-build generator' that will do all this, and save you a lot of time, especially if you use a lot of working tables in your code.
Using Kerberos Configuration Manager for SPNs Validation
Learn how to manage and troubleshoot Kerberos authentication for SQL Server using the Kerberos Configuration Manager.
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...
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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