Help Me Name My New Blog
I am in the process of creating a new blog, but I am having difficulty coming up with a good...
2009-07-15
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Rant: Updating Application Databases the Right Way
Recently, a fellow DBA showed me a set of documentation on a commercially available product. This is a product people...
2009-07-15
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Off Topic – Why I’m unclebiguns on Twitter
There may be some people wondering why I go by the name @unclebiguns on Twitter. I am basing this on...
2009-07-15
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July OPASS Meeting Recap
Last night I attended, along with about 20 others, the latest and greatest OPASS meeting. I got there early to...
2009-07-15
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Connector Editorial for July 15, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-07-15
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[Off-Topic] Looking Beyond the Technology
I've been quiet as of late, pretty much ever since i went to Bethany Summer Youth Camp (BSYC) as a...
2009-07-15
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2009-07-15
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SQLSaturday Admin Tool Updates
Cross posted from the SQLSaturday blog
Though few see it, we also maintain a full set of admin tools for the...
2009-07-14
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I am a Champion for Canada, et Le Québec est Inclus dans Mon Pays
After reading several pages of comments on this posting, I'm taking a stab at helping Canadian Unity on my beloved...
2009-07-14
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SQL Quiz #4 - Leadership
Chris Shaw posts SQL quiz #4, I make an observation on Twitter about who gets tagged, Brent Ozar tags me...
2009-07-14
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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