Thoughts on Virtualization
I get a lot of questions about virtualization and really have few answers. At a high level it's not hard...
2008-05-25
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Reminder: Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting with Brian Knight
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Brian Knight
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on...
2008-05-23
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SQL Saturday in Orlando
The dates for Microsoft's TechEd 2008 are fast approaching here in North America. Sandwiched between the two weeks of this year's...
2008-05-23
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Visiting Birmingham SQL Group in June
I'll be doing a presentation for the Steel City SQL Group on June 17 and then on June 18th I'm doing...
2008-05-23
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Hard Core Object Oriented Programming Guidelines
I read Andrew Binstock occassionally in SD Times and in the most recent issue he posted a list of guidelines...
2008-05-21
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Pop Quiz - What's the Max Number of Resultsets Supported by Management Studio?
Ran across this strange occurence while doing some testing. To duplicate the results (the actual code was a little more...
2008-05-20
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Review of How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005
SQL Server MVP Frank Kalis has posted a short review on How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005, a...
2008-05-20
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Answers To SSIS Interview Questions
This is just a starting point for you to prepare for your interview so make sure not to limit yourself...
2008-05-19
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Answers To DBA Interview Questions
Here are your answers to the questions from last week You should get some variation of what I have given...
2008-05-19
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SSIS Interview Questions
I have decided to make a short series of blogs about possible interview questions to help you prepare for an...
2008-05-19
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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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