PASS Update 12
Time for another update on all things PASS. I’ve been struggling to find time for PASS activities and having to...
2009-07-21
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Barnes and Noble eBooks
I saw yesterday that Barnes and Noble released their e-reader for iTouch/iPhone, Blackerrys, Mac, and PCs and at the same...
2009-07-21
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Contest to Win a Free Trip to PASS
MSSQLTips & Idera are sponsoring a contest where the grand prize in an all expenses paid trip to the PASS Summit...
2009-07-21
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Security Basics: Physical Security
In IT security, we spend so much time trying to protect servers and computers on the wire (or on wireless)...
2009-07-21
1,259 reads
Conversations
Do you know how to start a conversation or how to join one? I usually wait for a pause and...
2009-07-21
666 reads
Kindle Update - Broken
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I was literally stunned and it must have shown on my face because my daughter asked me if I was...
2009-07-21
794 reads
Customer Loyalty Cards, Convenience, and Privacy
I bet most of you have at least one customer loyalty card in your wallet or on your keyring, one...
2009-07-20
728 reads
Mystery of Failing Database Mail
Have you ever seen this error when you have setup database mail:
The mail could not be sent to the recipients...
2009-07-20
429 reads
Cannot generate SSPI context…
Out of all the problems you can have with SQL Server troubleshooting connectivity issues can be the most challenging. When...
2009-07-20
6,525 reads
PowerShell's "Mini-Shell" Is Not A "Mini" Shell
I just learned about a Connect item entered on Friday: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=475337 . Here's the description in the item. Please invoke the...
2009-07-20
453 reads
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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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