See You In Seattle For PASS 2009!
Last Friday I got the official notice that I've been selected to present a community session at the 2009 PASS...
2009-06-15
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Pensacola Results
A week ago I spoke at the Pensacola SQLSaturday event to about 30 people. A few drifted in late, so...
2009-06-15
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PASS Summit 2009 - PowerShell and Performance
Over the weekend I received the great news that I've been selected to present a new session, Gather SQL Server...
2009-06-15
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Better Know A SSIS Transform – The Pivot Transform
This is part 1 of my 29 part series called Better Know A SSIS Transform. Hopefully you will find the...
2009-06-15
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Notes on SQLSaturday #12 in Portland
I didn’t attend, but wanted to get this written down somewhere!
I’m just catching up on email, Ken Starnes said all...
2009-06-15
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Update on PASS Selection
I received my notification from the PASS Program Committee on Friday evening,
and found out that I will not be...
2009-06-15
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What I Learned at PASS
There’s a contest going on at PASS looking for answers to “Best Thing I Learned at PASS”. I don’t want...
2009-06-15
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Finding a New Laptop Bag – Progress!
Way back on May 19 I wrote about my search for a new laptop bag to replace my somewhat tattered...
2009-06-14
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SQLSaturday #19 Call for Speakers and Registration – East Iowa, October 10, 2009
Michelle Ufford (aka SQLFool) is leading the first SQLSaturday in Iowa at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on...
2009-06-14
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What I’ve Read and Recommend to Others – SQL Server 2008 Part 1
I read, a lot. I’ve been a prolific reader all my adult life.
I use to split my reading between...
2009-06-14
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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
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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