New Books on SQL Server 2008
Since the release of SQL Server 2008, a slew of new books have been released, or are about to be...
2008-10-30
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The October 2008 Energy Update - So Much Passion
Do we have an energy crisis or not? Is global warming real? Are we being affected by burning fossil fuels?
I...
2008-10-30
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The Wise Old Man Part 2
In my previous post The Wise Old Man Part 1 I wrote about a great session I attended during SQL...
2008-10-30
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Thoughts on .Net Reflector Being Acquired by Red Gate
This is an unpaid/unsolicited comment about a product now owned by Red Gate Software. Purely my opinions, and I'll try...
2008-10-29
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The Wise Old Man Part 1
During one of the sessions that I attended during SQL Saturday in Orlando I had the privilege of listening to...
2008-10-29
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Free/Cheap/Good HTML Editor, Is There Such a Thing?
For the past few years I've been using Frontpage 2003 for basic HTML work, usually to write content for SQLServerCentral....
2008-10-28
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Effecting Change
Over the years Andy Warren, Brian Knight, and I have talked about PASS quite a bit. It hasn't always been...
2008-10-28
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A Break
Only a small one, but I appreciate every one I get. Not often that I get to leave the site...
2008-10-28
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Post Event Notes - SQLSaturday #8
Yesterday I posted an overview of the event, today I want to go over some areas where we excelled, and...
2008-10-27
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Miramar User Group and SQL Saturday Presentations
Here are the two presentations from last week. On Thursday I went to Miramar, Florida and presented Fortress SQL Server....
2008-10-27
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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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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