Another Year, Another Missed PASS Summit
This year I was really looking forward to going to the PASS Summit. It's worth every penny in the knowledge you'll...
2009-10-23
1,667 reads
Download the Free eBook “The SQL Server Tacklebox”
Rodney Landrum, SQL Server MVP, is the author of the new book, The SQL Server Tacklebox: Essential Tools and Scripts...
2009-10-23
583 reads
Not Pointing Fingers - Microsoft and Sidekicks
Someone posted a note on Twitter about the Sidekick fiasco. Apparently the servers that lost data weren't Microsoft servers. They...
2009-10-23
810 reads
Sydney SQL Server Users Group Draws Big Crowd
On Tuesday, October 13, I spoke at the Sydney SQL Server Users Group, presenting on “How to Get the Most...
2009-10-23
498 reads
PASS Update #18
Eric Wisdahl posted some questions on my last update, and I thought I’d reply here to make my answers more...
2009-10-22
798 reads
Book Review: The Board Book
I ordered the ' target=_blank>The Board Book from Amazon ($18) to try to get some ideas for how to do a...
2009-10-22
585 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday #21 – Part 3
I thought I’d finish up the notes by listing things that went well and not so well:
Jack Corbett really helped...
2009-10-22
539 reads
2009 PASS Conference Side Quests
Barring any unforeseen issues like sudden death, I'll attend this year's 2009 PASS conference in Seattle. I'll arrive Sunday the...
2009-10-22
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Logins no longer exists.
Today while checking the logins, just want to clear/clean logins which are no longer exists on NT domain.
To get...
2009-10-22
553 reads
You Bet Your Life
Yesterday, Jonathan Kehayias wrote in his blog post " Have you got air in your spare.." about dealing with a flat...
2009-10-22
360 reads
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