SQL Saturday #14 - Pensacola
I committed today to attend SQL Saturday #14 in Pensacola on June 6, 2009. I'll be giving The Modern Resume...
2009-03-19
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Changes to Visual Studio Magazine
I was browsing the March 2009 issue of Visual Studio Magazine today and found that it's changing again. It's been...
2009-03-19
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Live Mesh Update
I tend to work with a fair number of documents in my job. Between articles that are sent to me,...
2009-03-18
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Presenting Remotely
Yesterday I presented to the Charlotte SQL Server User's Group. Since I live in Denver, it didn't make a lot...
2009-03-18
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Spring Training, Why Don't We Have Spring Training, and Shock The Monkey
I try to go to a spring training game once or twice a year and it serves as a useful...
2009-03-17
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Speaking at Events - Logitech Presenter Review
Since I’m doing more speaking this year, I decided to spend a bit of time working on my delivery and...
2009-03-17
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Notes on the March 11, 2009 Orlando SQL Meeting
We just had our bi-monthly SQL group meeting (www.opass.org) with Kendal Van Dyke presenting The Truth About Disk Performance & Configuration,...
2009-03-16
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SQLSaturday #12 Date Change
Had a note from Ken Starnes in Portland, the date for SQLSaturday #12 has changed to June 6th (same date...
2009-03-16
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SQL Server Authentication Modes and Surface Area Test
One of the videos I did for JumpStart TV is up on the front page:
SQL Server Authentication Modes
It is an...
2009-03-16
1,143 reads
The Public Microsoft Bridge
I have to admit, after the news of AIG bonuses over the weekend, this looks bad. In fact, it annoys...
2009-03-16
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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