Kids at Work
My daughter has gotten into a few podcasts andhas fun with it. Occassionally she interrupts me, and that happened yesterday....
2009-07-28
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Blog Posts
LinkedIn & Open Networking
I ran across this a while back and it’s been on my ‘to blog about’ list for too long. Open...
2009-07-28
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PASS Bylaws Updated
Bill Graziano just made the announcement about the changes to the bylaws being published. No sweeping changes, for the most...
2009-07-28
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PASS Interview With Don Gabor
Just in case you don’t read the Connector today, here’s a link to an interview that PASS HQ did with...
2009-07-28
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SQL Logins For Windows Domain Accounts Limited To Pre-Windows 2000 Format
You may have noticed that when you create a login on a SQL server that's mapped to a Windows domain...
2009-07-28
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SQLSaturday #21 in Orlando on October 17, 2009
I had hoped to announce this much sooner, sometimes the wheels turn slowly. But turn they do! We’re back at...
2009-07-28
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SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando Announced!
Andy Warren and crew at OPASS have announced that SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando will be held at Seminole Community College, 100...
2009-07-28
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Time Management – Not So Easy
Steve Jones sent me this link on time management that discusses two things – getting ‘ambushed’ at the start of the...
2009-07-28
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When did this statement start?
UPDATE: This post is incorrect. Adam nailed it in the comments. I explain my mistake here.
A question came up over...
2009-07-28
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Why Make Up Test Data? Snag Some Government Data
… and by government data, I mean the mountain of data recently made available by the G-Men on Data.gov. This site...
2009-07-28
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
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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