Fear Based Decisions
Most of us aren't good decision makers. We make decisions based on emotion rather than facts, and for many decisions...
2009-02-25
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Finding a Work-Life Balance
Like most everyone who works hard in our industry, I’ve run into more than a few conflicts trying to balance...
2009-02-25
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devLINK Call for Speakers to End March 13, 2009
If you are interested in speaking at the devLINK Technical Conference in Nashville, TN, August 13-15th, you need to get...
2009-02-25
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Microsoft Starts New Website Focused on IT Pro
Microsoft has introduced a new website (part of Microsoft.com) called Thrive. It is still in its infancy, but its focus...
2009-02-25
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A Cloudy Story
The other day Paul Neilson wrote a simple post making predictions about SQL Server in the Cloud. That got a...
2009-02-25
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Business Is More Than Code
Chris Shaw, owner of SQL Oncall, recently had an issue in his business. Chris provides DBA services on a remote...
2009-02-25
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Next Technical Speaking Seminar is March 14, 2009 in Orlando
I've scheduled another iteration of my Technical Speaking Seminar for March 14, 2009 in Orlando. It's free, and I'm hosting...
2009-02-24
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Excel Malformed File Vulnerability - Remote Code Execution
Today, Microsoft release a security advisory about a new vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. This one affects both PCs and Macs....
2009-02-24
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Determining if a Server Principal Owns Database Objects
This question comes up a lot in the forums: "How do I know if the login owns any objects?" Usually...
2009-02-24
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The Race to 50 (Prius Update)
When the weather is cold, the Prius performs much worse (relatively) than it does when it’s warm. It makes sense...
2009-02-24
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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