Why Use Named Pipes?
The other day a colleague and I were shadowing a vendor who was installing their 3rd party application on a...
2009-08-10
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Blog Posts
Microsoft Thrive
I was introduced to the Thrive program when my user group held a Thrive event back in March. Since then...
2009-08-09
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Office 2007 Pro Plus Installation Issues
Since I have an MSDN subscription I downloaded Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit this past week. I installed it on my...
2009-08-09
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Saying Goodbye to the Last Windows XP x64 Install Remaining
As far as operating systems go, I can be pretty conservative with respect to what operating system I chose to have at...
2009-08-09
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SQL Saturday South Florida
Saturday I had the great opportunity to speak at SQL Saturday in South Florida. The event was great. It was...
2009-08-09
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SSIS – Send Errors to Message Box
While in the process of developing SSIS packages it’s likely you will deal with errors occasionally unless you’re the Superstar...
2009-08-09
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Active August - Week 1 Recap
Well, I made it through the first week of Active August (Twitter) without killing myself. In my first Active August...
2009-08-08
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Active August #2
Hrmmm… 198. Up four pounds. That just doesn’t seem possible. I did a tabata on Monday. I did have a...
2009-08-08
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge Downloads
I’ve published my materials from both of my sessions from SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on August 1. You can find...
2009-08-08
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SQLSaturday #16 South Florida Downloads
I presented a 1 hr session at SQL Saturday #16 session PowerShell and SQL Server Administration: In this sesssion we...
2009-08-08
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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)...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers