SQL University: Precedence Constraints
Welcome back, class! In our last class, we setup a parent-child package configuration and showed how you can pass variables...
2011-05-06
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sqlchicken
SQLRally OverDrive Events!
So you’re going to SQLRally in Orlando next week? Want to take advantage of ALL of the awesome opportunities presented?...
2011-05-06
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Policy-Based Management and Local Password Policy
This post is based on an interesting question/situation that was posted over at ASKSSC.com today. The user asked how to...
2011-05-04
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Parents Just Don’t Understand
Welcome to the second week of SSIS this semester at SQL University. Today we’re going to talk about the relationship...
2011-05-02
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SQL University: Parents Just Don’t Understand
Welcome to the second week of SSIS this semester at SQL University. Today we’re going to talk about the relationship...
2011-05-02
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Be the Master of your Data Warehouse Universe at SQLRally!
Do you have a data warehouse initiative in your current organization and looking for a way to learn how to...
2011-04-14
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Find Table Heaps Using Policy-Based Management
This is just a quick post in regards to a conversation I just had via Twitter. If you don’t already...
2011-04-08
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Meme Monday: 11 Words or Less
Looks like time for another meme, this time from Tom LaRock (Blog | Twitter). He challenged us to write a blog...
2011-04-04
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24 Hours of PASS: Day 1
Yesterday was the first day of PASS’ 24 Hours of PASS event. For those not familiar, 24 Hours of PASS is...
2011-03-16
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SQL University Lecture Series: Women in Tech
This week SQL University is on Spring Break but we’ve lined up some activities to help keep students busy (you...
2011-03-16
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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)...
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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