Collation Issues
This is really interesting to me:
CREATE TABLE #TEMP (name varchar(80))
INSERT INTO #TEMP values ('Malteser Schloßschule')
INSERT INTO #TEMP values ('Malteser...
2008-05-19
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Technical Podcasts I Listen To
There are a few podcasts I tend to listen to as I have time. Since I work with a wide...
2008-05-19
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Managing & Professional Development Classes
I've been working on a rough outline for two new classes that will each be one day long. One on...
2008-05-18
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Giving a Presentation?
As a president of a local PASS chapter, one of the things I've struggled with is getting "locals" to give...
2008-05-17
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Setting Static Ports when dealing with Named Instances and Kerberos
I ran across this a week or so ago. There were a couple of SQL Servers running named instances that...
2008-05-17
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Give Back: Donate Your Hair for Children in Need
While this will remain a primarily technical blog, one thing I'm going to try and add is each Saturday I'll...
2008-05-16
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Command and Control of the Data Center
As I went walking last night, I listened to two podcasts from RunAs Radio of interviews of Michael Manos and...
2008-05-16
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Midlands PASS May Meeting - Speaker Brian Knight
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Brian Knight
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on...
2008-05-15
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The Little Things
This year I've been lucky enough to have been offered some prizes or promotions from a few different companies for...
2008-05-15
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FlyClear, Privacy, and Time
Recently I signed up for the FlyClear program (www.flyclear.com), a registered traveler program. Over the past year I've been travelling...
2008-05-15
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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...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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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