Microsoft at the PASS Summit
One of the reasons that I think the PASS Summit fits well in Seattle is the support that they get...
2009-08-13
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Writing Technical Content for PASS
We’ve just posted our core guidelines for technical content on sqlpass.org. The short story is there are three main ways...
2009-08-12
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PASS Connector Editorial for August 12, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-08-12
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Excellent Blog List
For the one or two you that are not reading Buck Woody’s blog (and why aren’t you), you may not...
2009-08-12
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Database is in Transition
One of my clients called saying they were receiving the following error when trying to access a database: "Error 952...
2009-08-12
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SQL Quiz 5: SANs Mirroring
My turn to answer Chris Shaw’s questions “Do I feel I have a reliable SAN solution?” and “Describe Database Mirroring...
2009-08-12
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No Training Budget Still No Excuse
When I first started by career in IT and SQL Server about 10 years ago I lived in a small...
2009-08-12
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge – Session Evaluations
I received my evaluation summary from the SQL Saturday event in Baton Rouge earlier this month. This was the first...
2009-08-12
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So many topics, so many blogs.......What says you?
So, what should I talk about next? There's so much going on in the world of SQL Server (ie: 2008,...
2009-08-12
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LIVE MEETING REMINDER - Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
Reminder: The Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group will be broadcasting its user group via live meeting. If you...
2009-08-12
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
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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