After Seven Years, Time for Something New
Earlier this month, I passed the seven year mark at Digineer. It was a weird feeling, since the last time...
2012-09-14
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StrateSQL
Sometimes Failure Is An Option
Wouldn’t it be nice if failure was an option? You could go along in life, screw it all up and...
2012-09-12
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Going to San Diego (#SQLSat157)
It appears that I signed up to speak at the San Diego SQL Saturday coming up this weekend. I knew...
2012-09-11
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysdevices
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-09-07
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Am I Following Your Blog?
As I sat around this past weekend I was left wondering… am I missing any good blogs out there? With...
2012-09-03
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Minnesota SQL Saturday (#SQLSat149)
It’s close to that time of year again. It’s time for a SQL Saturday in Minnesota and this… it isn’t...
2012-08-28
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysdepends
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-08-22
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August #Meme15 Round-Up
The August round of #meme15 finished up last week with a good number of people participating. The aim of the...
2012-08-21
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Got A Pal in Kalamazoo (#SQLSat160)
It’s been a year already and it’s time to head back to Kalamazoo for their SQL Saturday. We’re heading back...
2012-08-21
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Why I Like My Job – #Meme15
A while back, Kevin Conan (Blog | @ConanTheCDN) emailed me about this months #meme15 topic. He thought it would be good...
2012-08-20
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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...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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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