2009 PASS Summit Presentation Results
I opened my inbox Wednesday morning to find the evaluation results for my presentation on Transactional Replication at the 2009...
2010-01-07
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Kendal Van Dyke
10 Goals For 2010
As is the traditional thing to do at the beginning of a new year I'm making goals for what I'd...
2010-01-06
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My Biggest Weakness
I took some time off in December and I'm finally getting around to catching up on RSS feeds. Turns out...
2009-12-31
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Saying Goodbye To 2009
I'll close out 2009 with an update on the goals I set at the beginning of this year and things...
2009-12-31
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Fix The Problem, Don't Just Band-Aid It
Let's face it, when it comes to computers there's a 100% certainty that something is going to break eventually. Maybe...
2009-12-03
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What It Means To Be A Production DBA
Remember that scene from Office Space where the Bobs ask, "What would you say you do here?" I've been a...
2009-12-02
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Replication Scripts: Show All Transactional Publications & Subscribers At Distributor
Anybody who has talked with me about replication or heard me present about it knows that I recommend using a...
2009-11-23
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PASS Summit 2009 Final Thoughts…or What I've Learned From The 2009 Summit
Last week I wrote a day by day recount of my PASS Summit experience (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Since...
2009-11-20
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Looking Back – PASS Summit 2009 Day 5
Since this was my time visiting Seattle I opted to stay an extra day and take in the sights and...
2009-11-13
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Looking Back – PASS Summit 2009 Day 4
Thursday started off with a meeting of the SQL Saturday minds over breakfast at Top Pot Donuts a few blocks...
2009-11-12
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
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...
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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