Call for Speakers for European PASS Ends February 7th, 2009
There are only a few more days before the call for speaker for European PASS ends, on Saturday, February 7th,...
2009-02-04
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Business Budgets at the Department Level
If you're thinking about taking a job as a manager there are two questions that will help you quickly understand...
2009-02-04
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Kindle Review - Font Sizes
One of the neat things about the Kindle is that you can change font sizes. It's mentioned in many reviews,...
2009-02-04
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SQL Server 2008 Books Online (January 2009 Update) Available for Download
Microsoft has just released the SQL Server 2008 Books Online (January 2009) update.
To download the 144 MB file so you...
2009-02-03
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Call for Speakers for DevTeach/SQLTeach Vancouver to End February 10th
If you are interested in speaking at DevTeach/SQLTeach in Vancouver, BC this June 8-12, you have until February 10, 2008...
2009-02-03
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Making Ginger Ale
Probably further off topic than usual, but you may find interesting anyway. I'm a fan of Alton Brown on Good...
2009-02-03
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[Off Topic] Get Fit in February Developer Challenge
I’m on Day Two of the Get Fit in February Developer Challenge. This month-long competition boasts around 200 participants who...
2009-02-02
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Software East - Building a Software Business
While in Cambridge, I went to watch a panel talk about building a software business. Neil Davidson, CEO of Red...
2009-02-02
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Speaking at Community Events - Time to Raise the Bar?
If you're organizing a first time community event like SQLSaturday finding speakers is one of about a hundred tasks, so...
2009-02-01
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Getting into the biz, Part 1
I’ve seen a good deal of coverage recently that is geared toward those who have recently begun a career as...
2009-02-01
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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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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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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