Daily Coping 4 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to plan a fun or exciting activity to look forward to. I almost shouldn’t do this much, since I’ve had a great year with plenty...
2022-11-04
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The PASS Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour from Redgate
At the Data Community Summit this year, Redgate is hosting a couple of lunchtime sessions, the Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour. A creative name, for sure. These are Thursday...
2022-11-03
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The PASS Data Community Summit
I’m looking forward to attending the PASS Data Community Summit this year in Seattle, Washington. I’m also glad to have the opportunity to speak with fellow Microsoft MVPs Josh...
2022-11-03
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Daily Coping 3 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to ask yourself, will this matter a year from now? It’s easy to get caught up in short term things. I’m behind on a few...
2022-11-03
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Creating a STONITH resource for a pacemaker cluster on VMWare virtual machines
A while back I wrote a post about creating a pacemaker cluster to run SQL Server availability group using the new Ubuntu images in Azure. Recently I had to...
2022-11-16 (first published: 2022-11-03)
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Create a Community Event at the Summit
There are a few community events at the Summit this year, but fewer than in the past. I know we’re all rebooting our conference experiences, and that can make...
2022-11-02
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Daily Coping 2 Nov 2022
Today’s coping tip is to be kind to yourself today. Remember, progress takes time. I am usually good at this. I work on many things that take time, so...
2022-11-02
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Organize Your Tabs in SQL Server Management Studio
I blogged about this in August, but wanted to do this video as well: Thanks for reading and/or watching! Kevin3NF Follow @Dallas_DBAs
The post Organize Your Tabs in SQL Server...
2022-11-02
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Getting Started Speaking – #NewStarNovember
My journey might be somewhat unusual, but perhaps not. I started writing articles on the Internet at a few different places before I started SQL Server Central. There were...
2022-11-14 (first published: 2022-11-01)
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SQL Kilts #SeattleSummitMoments
This is another memory of the PASS Summit, this one an idea from Grant Fritchey, who wanted support the Women in Technology (WIT) events. And have a few laughs...
2022-11-01
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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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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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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