Blue Hat
Microsoft had their Blue Hat security conference recently, inviting hackers to take their shots at the Microsoft products. Mostly security...
2006-03-16
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Rights within the database
This is a follow-on to my post What are the actual rights?
First and foremost, I want to include membership in...
2006-03-14
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What are the actual rights?
One of the things I've started to work on are some scripts to quickly
be able to pull what a user's...
2006-03-14
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Tool Updates
Catching up on recent updates for tools I've looked at and/or recommended.
SQL Server Tools:
PromptSQL is now up to version 1.4....
2006-03-13
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First Impressions of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
I received a copy of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
a few weeks back from Kathi. Because of illness and...
2006-03-13
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Microsoft MVP Program
I think anyone who posts actively in the various on-line forums for
Microsoft products (such as SSC.com) hopes one day to...
2006-02-23
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Picking Things Apart
One of the challenges in writing about a new version of SQL Server is
finding out information, especially for the less...
2006-02-20
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Mavericks don't make it
One of the blogs I most enjoy reading is Life Beyond Code.
This blog allows me to take off my technology...
2006-02-18
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Getting Your Arms Around It
I've been working on the "Designing a Database Consolidation Strategy" chapter of my book and it's been quite an effort....
2006-02-17
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My Reading list
In the tradition of many others, I decided to add a reading list to my professional site. The reading list...
2006-02-16
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Blogs
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...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
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