The Basics of TRY CATCH Blocks–#SQLNewBlogger
I was working with a customer and discussing how to do error handling. This is a short post that looks at how you can start adding TRY.. CATCH blocks...
2024-04-22 (first published: 2024-03-27)
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Working with ALS – Insights from the Ability Summit
The 14th annual Ability Summit is a global event that I attended a few weeks ago. It is hosted by Microsoft, and it presents the latest technology innovations and...
2024-03-29 (first published: 2024-03-27)
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Apr 9 Webinar: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise
UPDATE: This moved to Apr 9 Join me Tuesday, Apr 9 for a webinar, 10:00am CDT. You can register here and then come watch live with questions or get...
2024-04-05 (first published: 2024-03-26)
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Spring 2024 Speaking Engagements
I will be presenting Answering the Auditor’s Call with Automation at two upcoming events, one virtual and one in-person.
DBA Fundamentals Virtual User Group Tuesday, April 9 2024 at Noon...
2024-04-03 (first published: 2024-03-26)
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Book Review: 100 SQL Server Mistakes
I was approached by Manning Publications and asked to review 100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. They gave me a free copy of the book (and...
2024-04-19 (first published: 2024-03-25)
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Tomorrow – Webcast on SQL Server Administration
I will be giving another Microsoft SQL Server-based webcast, this time on the administration of Microsoft SQL Server. The webcast is scheduled for March 26, 2024 at 1 PM...
2024-03-25
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The PASS Data Community Summit 2024 Call for Speakers
The PASS Data Community Summit call for speakers and volunteers is open. You have until April 10 to submit something, and you can do that here: Data Community Summit...
2024-04-01 (first published: 2024-03-22)
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A New Word: Rubatosis
rubatosis– n. the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous ditty your heart is tapping to itself, as...
2024-03-22
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Dear Women in Tech, You Can Present at EightKB, Too
Last year, I submitted and was accepted to present at the EightKB conference. At first, I thought my current presentation wasn’t advanced enough, but Tracy Boggiano convinced me otherwise....
2024-03-29 (first published: 2024-03-21)
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SQL Compare Force Column Order in a Table
I had a client that was concerned about SQL Compare behavior when a developer adds a column to the middle of a table. I wanted to reassure them, so...
2024-04-03 (first published: 2024-03-20)
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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...
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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