MVP Award
Yesterday I found out that I am a new SQL Server MVP. I still have the feeling that I am...
2008-04-02
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If You Like Books - Look at LibraryThing
I've been following their blog for a while at LibraryThing and so far it looks interesting. The basic premise is...
2008-04-01
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Presenting at Jacksonville SQLSaturday in May
Looks like my family and I will make the trek down to Jacksonville in May for SQLSaturday. One of my...
2008-04-01
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Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - April 3, 2008
This is a meeting reminder about our next PASS meeting scheduled for April 3, 2008. It will once again be...
2008-04-01
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Vulnerability announcements coming for Windows products
I'm a little late on this one, but Cesar Cerrudo has announced he's going to demonstrate exploits to Windows Server...
2008-04-01
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Schedule Announced for SQLSaturday#3 in Jacksonville
Brian has just posted the schedule of sessions for SQLSaturday #3. I haven't gone through to see how many are...
2008-03-31
1,338 reads
T-SQL Course
I am here in sunny Orlando at End to End Training. I am very impressed with the new training facility....
2008-03-31
1,379 reads
Practices Does Make a Difference When Speaking
As I've mentioned a couple times previously I teach a free 'how to be a speaker' course, mainly to encourage...
2008-03-30
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SQL Saturday
I've just received notice that I will be a presenter at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in Jacksonville, Florida. I'll...
2008-03-30
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How Should It Work?
I was following a debate on the new Merge syntax in SQL Server 2008 with interest. It was somewhat of...
2008-03-28
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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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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