PASS 2009 Summit - Call for Speakers is Open
The call for speakers is open through midnight on April 10, 2009, so get busy submitting those abstracts! Work hard...
2009-03-22
747 reads
Heads I win, Tails You Lose
Imagine going to a casino with $100 dollars to gamble. As you enter, you notice a vending machine that sells...
2009-03-22
632 reads
Grinding
I've been amazed at the amount of content that I am getting at SQLServerCentral. So far, in 2009, I've received...
2009-03-20
635 reads
Kindle – DCMA Invocation
I’m not sure how I feel about Amazon invoking the DCMA clause to prevent other e-books from being read on...
2009-03-20
991 reads
I've been slowly looking at and experimenting with LinkedIn to see if it has value and if so, how to...
2009-03-19
913 reads
Audi A4 Production
I found a cool video on the 37 Signals blog that showed the Audi A4 production process. It’s relatively low...
2009-03-19
778 reads
Combining SQL Server & Flash Technologies - Floor Plan example
Starting the summer 2002, for about a year or so, the team and I embarked on a project to develop business...
2009-03-19
982 reads
SQL Server Disasters
I joined in late to a conference call this morning from Quest where a number of their experts were talking...
2009-03-19
1,071 reads
SQL Saturday #14 - Pensacola
I committed today to attend SQL Saturday #14 in Pensacola on June 6, 2009. I'll be giving The Modern Resume...
2009-03-19
579 reads
Changes to Visual Studio Magazine
I was browsing the March 2009 issue of Visual Studio Magazine today and found that it's changing again. It's been...
2009-03-19
778 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)...
Forums
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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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