Deciding to Submit to Conferences–#NewStarNovember
I wrote about getting started last week, with invitations from others. I think the first time I actually made my own submission was to the Indy Tech Fest in...
2022-11-08
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What is production grade code? : T-SQL Tuesday #156
It’s that time of the month again! It’s T-SQL Tuesday and this month Tom Zika (blog|twitter) is hosting. Tom would ... Continue reading
2022-11-23 (first published: 2022-11-08)
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Daily Coping 8 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to set a goal that brings a sense of purpose for the coming month. For me, I’m going away from primary work to secondary work....
2022-11-08
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 10-31-2022
Hello Dear Reader! Last week was Halloween and I hope you all had a fantastic time. Halloween has long been my favorite holiday. The cost of participation is imagination,...
2022-11-18 (first published: 2022-11-07)
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Data Manipulation with Word and Excel
Recently I had to go through some training that asked me to evaluate some text. I needed to tally some data up, and decided Word and Excel were quick...
2022-11-18 (first published: 2022-11-07)
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Daily Coping 7 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to identify three things that give you hope for the future. The creativity and passion of youth The drive from many people who build software...
2022-11-07
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Moving dates to a weekending date
In publishing, and Im sure many other industries, we get data at both the daily level and the weekly level. To properly tie these two pieces of data you...
2022-11-16 (first published: 2022-11-05)
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Goal Progress for Oct 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. Another month of busy stuff. Prepping for the Data Community...
2022-11-04
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The Way0utwest Joker #SeattleSummitMoments
I work for Redgate, who has been a great sponsor of the Summit in the past and now is charged with stewarding the event into the future. This post...
2022-11-04
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Validating Backups: PGSQL Phriday #002
It’s time again for the another PGSQL Phriday, this time, the question has been asked: How do you do PostgreSQL backups? Honesty up front. I’m very much just beginning...
2022-11-04
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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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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