Daily Coping 24 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to find joy in tackling something that you have put off. I on not a bad procrastinator, but I do put plenty of things off....
2022-10-24
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Blog Posts
How to use Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to replicate a Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) that uses SIOS DataKeeper for cluster storage
Intro So you have built a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI), or maybe an SAP ASCS/ERS cluster in Azure. Each node of the cluster resides in a different...
2022-10-24 (first published: 2022-10-12)
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Daily Coping 21 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to do something constructive to improve a difficult situation. My life is amazing, but there are certainly some difficult times. Sometimes at work, sometimes at...
2022-10-21
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PGSQL Phriday #001: Two Truths and a Lie
As a part of my own journey of learning within PostgreSQL, I’ve decided that I’m going to take part in PGSQL Phriday as often as I can, just as...
2022-10-21 (first published: 2022-10-07)
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Presenting at DeveloperWeek Global!
I'm excited to be presenting my talk on Building a complete API in Azure
2022-10-21 (first published: 2022-10-20)
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T-SQL Tuesday #155–Using Dynamic SQL for SQLCMD
It’s that time of month, and I’m the host this month. I wrote the invitation last week and now its’ time to answer. I’m actually using an example from...
2022-10-21 (first published: 2022-10-11)
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Daily Coping 20 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to avoid blaming yourself or others. Find a helpful way forward. I’ve been busy lately. My days are jammed up with a number of presentations...
2022-10-20
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Daily Coping 19 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to take time to reflect on what you have accomplished recently. What have I done recently? Lots of stuff, but a couple things come out...
2022-10-19
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Overcoming a storage failover issue with SQL Server on Kubernetes using Portworx
In a previous post I talked about an issue with storage failover when a Kubernetes node goes offline. In a nutshell, the issue is that the attachdetach-controller in Kubernetes...
2022-10-19 (first published: 2022-10-11)
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What you can do is based on more than your direct permissions.
What you have access to is not just what you have direct permissions to. The other day I needed to ... Continue reading
2022-10-19 (first published: 2022-10-06)
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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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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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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