Fingers Crossed on a Short Flight
I'm heading to Seattle in a couple hours. Bags packed, I've completed my run for the day, and getting ready...
2009-11-02
367 reads
Blog Posts
Follow Up to Maintaining Security and Performance Using Stored Procedures Part I – Using Execute As
This is a follow up to Maintaining Security and Performance using Stored Procedures Part I – Using EXECUTE AS because of...
2009-11-02
473 reads
Free Books at Red Gate Booth at PASS Summit
Red Gate Software will be handing out a limited number of free paperback books at their booth at the 2009...
2009-11-02
592 reads
Living with DTS on SQL Server 2005 and 2008
The DTS support in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 is excellent (almost). Typically the packages and jobs do not need...
2009-11-02
1,339 reads
Minor Setup Issue with SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows 7
Microsoft’s Peter Saddow, who is a Program Manager on the SQL Server Setup team has a post in the SQL...
2009-11-02
429 reads
PASS Summit 2009 – Day -1
The official start date for the summit is Tuesday, but trust me, everything kicked off on Sunday when registration opened....
2009-11-02
369 reads
DB Audit Challenge #1
Take the DB Audit Challenge - Intermediate - DB Audit Challenge #1
For those of you who have been following my recent blogs,...
2009-11-01
1,197 reads
PASS Summit In-flight Note
I'm on a Delta non-stop flight from Atlanta to Seattle for the PASS Summit. This is the first time I've...
2009-11-01
1,278 reads
SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Day Zero
For me, today was the start of a six-day SQL Server adventure at the PASS Summit in Seattle. The day...
2009-11-01
714 reads
Stored Procedure Call Tree
I was reading a post by Linchi Shea in which he demonstrates a Perl script to Find the complete call...
2009-11-01
1,804 reads
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why SQL Server Database Attach...
Fixing P1 Queries
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Fixing P1 Queries
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