Reminder - SQLSaturday #12 in Portland is June 6, 2009
Ken Starnes from the Portland group will be having their first event on June 6th. I like the way they've...
2009-06-01
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Notes on SQLSaturday #7
I flew up to Birmingham Friday for SQLSaturday #7 organized by John Baldwin from Steel City SQL and a lot...
2009-06-01
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Security Basics: Understanding the Surface Area
When it comes to securing a system, it's important to understand how it might be attacked. That's what surface area...
2009-06-01
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
For those who are interested, I've got a couple of speaking engagements coming up in the next two weeks. I'll be speaking...
2009-06-01
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SQL Server Encryption - Hashing Collisions
A hash is a computation that transforms one set of data into another (hopefully smaller) set of data. So a...
2009-06-01
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Understanding File System IO, Lessons Learned From SQL Server
I do more than just SQL Server. I enjoy programming. In my former life I have worked with C/C++ and...
2009-05-29
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Found a Bug in SQL Server 2005
It doesn’t happen often but every once in a while you may be the lucky person to find a previously...
2009-05-29
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Security Basics: Applying the Principle of Least Privilege Properly
Whenever I do a security presentation, I make sure to cover the Principle of Least Privilege. And when I do...
2009-05-29
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Fusion IO’s on Their Way!
My company has taken the plunge and we have two of the Duo 640’s coming. As soon as they get...
2009-05-29
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SQL Rockstar
I was scanning blogs the other day, and noticed Tom LaRock's new image on Twitter. He's SQLRockstar after a little...
2009-05-29
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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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