Think You Know A Lot About SQL Server? Well, Actually…
Got a few minutes? Close that dating app and pay attention.
Check out this little SQL swipe quiz: “Well, Actually…”
Swipe right if you think the statement is true, left if it’s false, or up if it’s debatable. Your score is tracked as you go.
It’s a fun way to learn random database facts, and show off your guess percentage relative to your coworkers.
It’s especially fun on your phone. Send the link over there for later.
If you wanna run your own version, it’s a free open source WordPress plugin named Well, Actually… and the content was built with the free Nano-GPT provider for WordPress. I’m a huge fan of Nano-GPT, a company that offers a $12/month subscription plan with 60M input tokens per week on popular models like GLM, DeepSeek, Kimi, Gemma, and LongCat. It’s perfect for fast text classification tasks like this.
It’s been really fun to watch the swipes start to come in, and see which facts trip people up. For example, I’m right there with the 72% of people who didn’t know that DROP INDEX could drop multiple indexes at the same time until I learned it live from a training class attendee! I love seeing people learn new things from old blog posts in new ways.
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How do the nano GPT provider compare to the self hosted alternative?
Responses in seconds, wide choice of models, much higher capacity for simultaneous calls (like you can do 5-10 calls in parallel to the same model at the same time), way cheaper than your own NVidia & power, etc, etc.
Is there a way we can see the data of the results by questions?
I want to see if the ones I got wrong were common or not ??
Yes, look at the bottom of the screen while you’re looking at a question, and you’ll see the percentage of people who get it wrong before you swipe. 😀
I was more interested in the complete data set but that perctange wrong is tricky. I got it wrong trying to meta game instead of answering what I thought a few times.
Fun and humbling all at once! I’m about where I thought so far.
Thanks for assembling this
My pleasure, glad y’all are having fun with it!
“Microsoft Fabric is reliable.”
I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Or both. Probably both.