Vampire Power – Energy Update
I have read quite a bit about Vampire energy over the last year, and it seemed like leaving your XBOX,...
2009-04-30
1,795 reads
PASS Summit Early Bird Registration Ends Tomorrow - Why it Matters
I serve on the PASS Board of Directors, but this post reflects my personal views and not an official PASS...
2009-04-30
1,428 reads
SQL This, Not That – Episode 2
When creating a table with a column that will hold the name of a stored procedure that feeds an EXEC...
2009-04-30
1,434 reads
Suggested Reading: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell
Suggested Reading: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell
My earliest forays into writing powershell for SQL Server found me...
2009-04-30
2,264 reads
SQLSaturday #15 is May 2nd, 2009 in Jacksonville
My friend Brian Knight is leading the 2nd annual SQLSaturday in Jacksonville on May 2nd. Right now it looks like...
2009-04-29
1,327 reads
SQL Saturday Atlanta Recap
I had a great time at SQL Saturday Atlanta last weekend. I drove from Orlando to Atlanta on Friday with...
2009-04-29
1,534 reads
RE: Career Development and Training by Lynn Pettis
Thank you, Lynn, for your previous post. I have reinforced in my first blog posting on SSC about certification as...
2009-04-29
1,772 reads
The #1 Secret to Building Your Skill Set is...
Self-Discipline
Yes, I've said it: self-discipline.
I'm reading a book called Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes. Now...
2009-04-29
1,983 reads
The Industry’s Best IT Certification
The Best 10 IT Certification
Every IT Technology has the importance and positive values to use for the business.So the people...
2009-04-29
1,596 reads
Google G1 Update - Protecting the Screen
Well it didn't take long. On a conference call a couple weeks ago, trying to juggle the phone, the laptop,...
2009-04-29
1,787 reads
Blogs
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...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
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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