Upcoming Presentations
Just a quick note to let you know about a few upcoming presentations I’ll be doing. This week I’ll be...
2013-06-11
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sqlchicken
Internet Security Advice For The Family
Constant Vigilance!For today’s post I’m channeling my inner Brian Kelley (Blog | Twitter) and talking about security, in particular Internet security....
2013-05-28
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Business Objects on Linux and SQL Server
This is just a quick post to share a lesson learned while I was on an engagement where the client’s...
2013-05-23
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2013!
I’m happy to officially announce that I’ll be presenting at this year’s PASS Summit in Charlotte, NC! I’ll be presenting...
2013-05-22
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Magnify SQL Text with SSMS 2012
This is just a quick tip to help with folks who present SQL code at events such as SQL Saturday....
2013-05-16
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SQLSaturday #209 – Rochester
Welcome to the Roc!
Just a quick note that I’ll be presenting this weekend, Saturday May 11th, at SQLSaturday in Rochester,...
2013-05-08
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Necromancing the Chicken
First off, I’m sorry this space has been dead for so long. I’m sure I’ve dropped off many an RSS...
2013-04-16
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24 Hours of PASS Fall 2012
Do you like training? Do you like FREE training? Then make sure you check out the 24 Hours of PASS...
2012-09-20
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How To Prevent SELECT * The Evil Way
SELECT * FROM…when administrators see that from developer code, we generally tend to cringe. Why? In a nutshell, it’s terrible on...
2012-07-27
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Identify and Alert for Long-Running Agent Jobs
Being a DBA is like being a train conductor. One of the biggest responsibilities is making sure all jobs are...
2012-07-09
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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)...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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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