Paying for Content - SQL Server Knowledge
Someone asked me recently if I subscribed to any services to keep up with SQL Server content. Meaning did I...
2009-06-23
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Tips on Getting Hired – Part 5
I think the hardest part about the job search is interviewing and not being selected. You keep saying “why” with...
2009-06-22
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Emergency Procedures
In a followup to Aaron Bertrand's recent blog post on Disaster Recovery, I'd like to mention something I always mention...
2009-06-22
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Migrating A SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Named Instance, The Missing Manual
Microsoft has always been pretty good at one thing, ease on install.
One of the things I always says is...
2009-06-22
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When the next object-persistence boat comes in.
I was reading a MCP training manual for SQL Server the other day. It was good. The whole of TSQL...
2009-06-22
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Big Thinker
My friend Robert Cain was kind enough to include me on his list of big thinkers along with my business...
2009-06-22
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Tips on Getting Hired – Part 4
Getting a job is hard. If you’ve been lucky enough not to struggle for a job, don’t make the mistake...
2009-06-22
1,226 reads
Am I a bad employee if I don't blog?
No.
Blogging is not for everyone and you don't want to give the impression you are something you are not doing...
2009-06-22
1,604 reads
Moron's Guide to SSIS : Episode 2 - Introduction to the Dataflow
Today Pragmatic Works release it’s second comedic training video featuring Dustin Ryan as “Dustin” and Brian Knight as “Gary” Dustin’s...
2009-06-19
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Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit
If you haven't heard, PASS is running a contest where you could win conference registration to this year's PASS Community...
2009-06-19
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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
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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