How Far Have You Traveled for a SQL Saturday?
This Friday Steve Jones talks SQL Saturdays and asks how far you've traveled to attend one.
Execute SQL Server DBCC SHRINKFILE Without Causing Index Fragmentation
Simon Liew shows how to execute SQL Server DBCC SHRINKFILE without causing index fragmentation and example conditions that cause fragmentation.
Data Quality - Addressing non-stated requirements
Producing a crib sheet for data quality drives a shared understanding of the data used to power the business.
Too Much Information for Sports
Gathering too much data isn't always helpful, and doesn't necessarily help you make better decisions. However, that's up to you to decide how much is too much.
A Real-World React.js Setup for ASP.NET Core and MVC5
React is a front-end user interface library developed by Facebook, originally to help them improve their own site. Since then it has grown into somewhat of a phenomenon, with many active users. In this article, Jon Smith provides multiple examples of how to use React with recently released ASP.NET Core MVC, and the existing ASP.NET MVC5 framework.
Learning to Search
Today Steve Jones notes that the ability to search if invaluable as the amount of information, or even objects, we deal with grows.
Stairway to U-SQL Level 5: Databases and Tables in Azure Data Lakes with U-SQL
A guide to using databases, schemas and tables in Azure Data Lakes, using (of course!) U-SQL.
Temporal Data Part 2 - Creating and Deleting System-Versioned Tables
Greg Larsen expands on his topic of how to modify an existing table to take advantage of the new temporal data feature in SQL Server 2016. In this article he shows you how to create and deleted system-versioned tables and the associated history temporal table.
A Buggy Release
Releasing software is stressful, and as Steve Jones notes today, can cause bankruptcy if you don't have a solid process.
Azure SQL Limitations compared with a SQL Server Enterprise
In this article, we will compare a traditional SQL Server Enterprise Edition with an Azure SQL Database and see the differences.
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