Closing Down SQLGroups.com
We (Brian, Steve, and I) provided hosting for SQL chapters going way back…maybe 2002 or 2003, on behalf of PASS....
2009-07-27
534 reads
SQLSaturday #16 South Florida
I'm giving a presentation at SQLSaturday in South Florida on August 8th 2009. If you haven't been to a SQLSaturday,...
2009-07-27
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Interested In *Free* SQL Training? Attend A SQL Saturday Near You!
Can't make the PASS summit? Or maybe you're going but looking for something whet your appetite between now and November....
2009-07-27
758 reads
I'm Certified, Now What?
I saw an article from Certification Magazine recently (via Trainsignal on twitter)
with that title. It compared the completion of certification...
2009-07-27
1,948 reads
Call for Nominations – PASS Board of Directors
Sometime in the next couple weeks will mark the beginning of the 30 day period where we accept nominations for the...
2009-07-26
1,008 reads
Possible SQLSaturday in Tallahassee on Sep 5, 2009
Steve Lane and team from Tallahassee are hosting their annual Code Camp on Sep 5, 2009, and have asked if...
2009-07-26
661 reads
Building PowerShell GUIs with Primal Forms
Although PowerShell is best suited for console applications there are times when a GUI interface just makes sense, however hand cranking...
2009-07-25
4,158 reads
The effects of DISTINCT in a SQL query
Earlier today, I had a great Twitter conversation with Tim Mitchell (@Tim_Mitchell), Jorge Segarra (@SQLChicken), and Jack Corbett (@unclebiguns) about...
2009-07-24
2,278 reads
Learning some javascript
As part of my work I need to be a “Jack of all trades” meaning I not only need to...
2009-07-24
642 reads
Attache/Brief Case Review
Steve Jones, through a series of comments, emails, blackmail, back-alley deals & tons of whining, agreed to let me review a...
2009-07-24
570 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)...
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers