Returning to PASS Summit
In just a couple of weeks, the PASS Summit will return to Seattle, Washington. This one will be extra special, since it’s going to be the first in-person Summit...
2022-10-31
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Blog Posts
Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 10-24-2022
Hello Dear Reader! This past week was an extremely fun time over at the Tales From The Field show! Fall is here, the leaves change and fall in Florida...
2022-10-31
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Weaponizing Query Store
I may have occasionally talked about the importance of Query Store, but today I want to emphasize just how much Microsoft is weaponizing query store. Of course, I don’t...
2022-10-31
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Where did this database come from??
Happy Tuesday, blog reader. Have you ever come across a database you had not seen before or was in a different naming convention than you are used to seeing?...
2022-10-31 (first published: 2022-10-18)
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A Good Cause #SeattleSummitMoments
This is another memory of the PASS Summit, this one inspired by Argenis Fernandez, who wanted to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. I wrote a bit about the...
2022-10-28
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Composite Models in PowerBI -- The solution to poor search performance in SSAS
With the release of composite models in PowerBI, Ive been able to solve a long-standing issue with SQL Server Analysis Services: text search performance. In this article I am...
2022-10-28 (first published: 2022-10-17)
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Daily Coping 28 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to realize you can’t do everything; what are your three top priorities now? It’s a few weeks before the Data Community Summit, volleyball starts, vacation...
2022-10-28
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I Hope Someone Brings Back Game Night
A few years ago at the Summit, Andy Warren and I set up a Game night. We convinced the organizers to give us a room for a few hours...
2022-10-28
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Memphis SQL Saturday 2022 & a Notebook
Back in person again! It is awesome to be able to get back into the SQL community and see fellow data professionals. A huge shout out to the Memphis...
2022-10-28 (first published: 2022-10-18)
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What’s next: New beginnings!
I’m both excited and frankly relieved to say that I’ve found a new position. Starting Wed Nov 2nd I’ll be ... Continue reading
2022-10-28
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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