Top SSAS white papers
These are my favorite SSAS white papers released by Microsoft, with many from SQLCAT. I’ll keep this post updated with new...
2011-12-12
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Blog Posts
Working with SQL Server Third Party Vendors
I ran across Denny Cherry’s (@MrDenny) blog on Fixing Vendor Performance Problems in which he outlines three methods of dealing...
2011-12-12
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Notes from Mission Critical Environments in SQL Server 2012, Webinar by Marc Theoret
The other day I sat in while Marc Theoret gave a great overview of the what is coming in SQL...
2011-12-11
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#sqlfamily
Microsoft is supporting an effort by PragmaticWorks targeted at supporting technical training for returning veterans. I can’t think of a...
2011-12-09
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A PASS Board Of Directors Endorsement
One of the requirements for the PASS Board of Directors application was a collection of recommendations - 3 from volunteers, 3...
2011-12-09
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My Recipe for Chocolate Pie
One of our small holiday traditions is that we bake at least one home made dessert. Hard to beat the...
2011-12-09
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PASS Board Of Directors Voting Open Through Dec. 20
Voting for the 2011 PASS Board of Directors elections started earlier this week and if you were a PASS member...
2011-12-09
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PASS Speaking Results
I got the PASS speaking results today on the new speaker portal. They posted the top sessions as well, overall...
2011-12-09
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Re-blog – December 2 – December 8
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-09
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Reduce heap table fragmentation
A table that does not have a clustered index is referred to as a Heap. While a lot has been...
2011-12-09
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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)...
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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