Office 2010 and Windows XP (64 bit)
I wanted to install Microsoft Office 2010 on an old Windows XP (64 bit) laptop. I tried running the setup...
2012-09-18
1,610 reads
Gethyn Ellis
An Introduction to SQL Server
I will be delivering Learning Tree course 137 SQL Server 2008 a Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction in London this December (18th...
2012-09-17
749 reads
Two Hundred Up
I was working on my blog this last week when I realised I was approaching my 200th blog post on...
2012-09-14
750 reads
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
I have spent a lot of time on the road this year with work but over the summer I was...
2012-09-13
650 reads
SQL Server Virtualization
This past summer I have been working on a new course for Learning Tree 2109 SQL Server Virtualization and Consolidation:...
2012-09-12
998 reads
Windows Server 2012
I haven’t paid too much attention to this version of windows yet, but I have just been reading up on...
2012-09-04
739 reads
Celebrity DBA–West Coast Time
At the end of July I was fortunate enough to visit the City of Angels, Los Angeles, or simply LA....
2012-08-21
940 reads
SQL Server 2012 and summertime in London
The week just passed I have been teaching Learning Tree course 2108 SQL Server 2012 Database Administration in London. It...
2012-07-23
1,018 reads
Not enough available space on destination..495GB available!
I bought a USB hard disk recently that I wanted to use to backup some VMware Workstation and some Hyper-V...
2012-07-13
1,006 reads
Guest Post: SQL Server Installation Error by David Postlethwaite
A strange SQL installation error with even a stranger solution
This week I was installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer onto...
2012-07-02
1,013 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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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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