The effects UNION in a SQL query
In a recent blog, I shared some of the natural but sometimes unanticipated consequences of adding DISTINCT to a SELECT...
2009-08-06
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Blog Posts
August 2009 Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group – Near Real-time Data Warehousing 1.0
Fresh off of my presentation of the SQL Profiler at SQL Saturday #17 in Baton Rouge this past Saturday, I...
2009-08-05
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Call For Speakers – SQL Lunch Live Meeting
The Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group hosts Bi-Monthly Live Meetings that are 15-30 minutes long the consist of...
2009-08-05
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Review of Bluetooth Speakerphone
I was visiting Compusa recently looking for a couple small things and noticed the Samsung Bluetooth Speakerphone for $24.99 (can...
2009-08-05
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SQL Saturday #17 – Baton Rouge Wrapup
My presentation went well at the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday with about 30 people attending. It was the early morning...
2009-08-05
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Agile Practices Meet Database Development: Intro
I think the database developer role is on the rise and that it's better suited for agile practices - but guidance...
2009-08-04
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Another Reason To Install Service Pack 1 CU3 on SQL Server 2008
Microsoft has a new KB article describing a problem where the MAXDOP setting that you specify (whether at the instance...
2009-08-04
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Disaster Recovery Scenarios with HP Data Protector
Let's say it is a late Monday morning, because something always comes up before you are required at your vocation,...
2009-08-04
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Looking for Good (and Bad) SQL Server Blogs
I was asked to do an hour presentation during the 24 Hours of PASS, which takes place on Sept 2,...
2009-08-04
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Relocating oPASS
I mentioned last week about closing down sqlgroups.com and trying to decide on a new home for oPASS.org. We did...
2009-08-04
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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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