Lunch in Town
One of the guys I met at the Denver User Group pinged me last week for lunch, and I agreed....
2009-03-31
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Microsoft Project Migration Template for the move to SQL 2008
If you are planning a move to SQL Server 2008, although this process can apply for many Database Migrations, perhaps...
2009-03-31
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SQLSaturday #15 in Jacksonville
The call for speakers is still open and will close April 6th, there's still from for a few more sessions....
2009-03-31
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The Prius Update
Our second major repair will take place on the Prius, and once again it’s a cosmetic item. In fact, we’ve...
2009-03-31
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Keeping Relevant in the Face of Changing Technologies
I was recently asked by a co-worker on my team at work what he should do to keep up with...
2009-03-31
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Notes on the 2009 MVP Summit
Note: I was working on this at the Summit and then it got lost in the draft folder, so unfashionably...
2009-03-30
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Submit your PASS abstracts now!
Hey, there are probably some other blogs here letting you know that the PASS call for speakers is open right...
2009-03-30
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Until You Know Better…
Stick with the defaults. In fact, as Andy Warren has told me many times, unless you know better and have...
2009-03-30
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Notes on the 2009 Orlando Code Camp
This was an interesting year to watch the local Code Camp. Shawn Weisfeld organized it the previous two years, but...
2009-03-29
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SQLBits a Smashing Success
SQLBits IV was held in Manchester, England, Saturday March 28th, 2009, and was attended by more than 360 attendees. This...
2009-03-29
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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