Episode #3 It's All About The Tools TV Show
Russ Fustino from Microsoft just sent me the link to episode #3 that was filmed at SQLSaturday #14 in Pensacola....
2009-07-06
485 reads
Richmond SQL Server Users Group
Actually a combination meeting of the Richmond .NET and SQL groups, put together for me. They normally meet on consecutive...
2009-07-06
742 reads
Fourth of July
Read the Declaration of Independence and then it’s time for fireworks and grilling, maybe some apple pie too!
2009-07-03
505 reads
Book Review: Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder ($7.99 @ Amazon) by John Varley is the third book in the series. I previously reviewed Red Thunder and...
2009-07-02
712 reads
HP Mini Netbook – Day 2
I arrived in Richmond, VA this morning earlier than expected. I was meeting a few people and things were pushed...
2009-07-02
1,465 reads
Stack Overflow, Server Fault, and SSC
Steve Jones sent me a link to a presentation Joel Spolsky did at Google about Stack Overflow (SO) and it’s...
2009-07-01
769 reads
The Best Thing I Learned At PASS
Note: I'm writing this as part of the "Best Thing I Learned At PASS" contest. Why? Because if I win...
2009-07-01
757 reads
Transaction Rollbacks with Identity Values
Have you ever noticed unexpected gaps in sequences in IDENTITY columns? Even though you’ve got transactions set up for your...
2009-07-01
10,024 reads
HP Netbook 1030NR Setup
Unpacking the netbook was pretty simple. Open it, grab the large one page poster, and then the netbook. There were...
2009-07-01
705 reads
How to Become an Exceptional DBA, 2nd Edition, Now Available Free
About a year ago, the first edition of my book, How to Become an Exceptional DBA, was published. It was...
2009-07-01
1,817 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
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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