SQL Server 2016 RC0–Management Studio install option has disappeared
If you are trying to install SQL Server 2016 RC0 – which I’m sure you are all doing looking at the...
2016-03-16
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Gethyn Ellis
Creating a Domain Controller
The following is a short guide for promoting a Windows Server 2012 Machine to be a domain controller. This assumes...
2016-03-15
547 reads
SQL Server on Linux
When I started working with SQL Server many years ago, SQL Server on Linux was a regular April fool’s day...
2016-03-08
519 reads
Spring Training: Developing SQL Queries for SQL Server
Just a short post for a Tuesday to let you that I will delivering Learning Tree’s 534 Developing SQL Queries...
2016-02-09
479 reads
Introduction to SQL Server: The Main Components
There has been much talk recently in the SQL Server community about writing introductory level blog posts. Posts that a...
2016-02-08
885 reads
Its been a busy start to the year
Its been a busy start to the year at gethynellis.com. I have been involved in a Big Data training courses...
2016-02-05
493 reads
Powerful SQL Queries for SQL Server
New Year, new powerful SQL queries!
Start the New Year off with some great Transact-SQL training and join me for...
2015-12-07
454 reads
Most Read: My Top 5 SQL Server Articles and Blogs
There has been some really useful blogs and articles posted over the last week or so, this is my top...
2015-09-22
529 reads
Free SQL Azure eBook
As this blog post is being published David will be delivering his “Putting his Head in the Cloud – Working with...
2015-09-19
557 reads
SQL Saturday #413 Denmark 2015
David Postlethwaite will be giving his SQL Azure “Putting your head in the clouds – Working with SQL Azure” at SQL...
2015-09-07
545 reads
Blogs
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers