Tool Review: Bosch PS-40 10.8 Volt Impact Driver
A little further off topic than usual, but this is one of the few tools that I've purchased that I...
2009-06-04
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My Latest Articles
A few weeks ago I mentioned my blog that I would have two articles published on sswug.org. Well, they have...
2009-06-04
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SQLServerCentral.Com to Offer SQL Server Track at SQL Server Connections
I have spoken at many conferences over the years, including the PASS Community Summit and SQL Server Connections, and one...
2009-06-04
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Moron's Guide to SSIS : Episode 1 - Introduction to the Environment
Today Pragmatic Works release it’s first comedic training video featuring Dustin Ryan as “Dustin” and Brian Knight as “Gary” Dustin’s boss. ...
2009-06-04
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SQL Saturday 14 Pensacola
I will be speaking this Saturday at the SQL Saturday in Pensacola. The topic will be SSIS Best Practices and Performance Tuning. ...
2009-06-04
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Advanced SSIS Interview Questions
I wrote a blog about a year ago that gave some tips on basic interview questions that you may run...
2009-06-04
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Off to SQLSaturday #14
I leave this afternoon for Pensacola and SQLSaturday #14. My daughter is traveling with me, for a short vacation with...
2009-06-04
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A Practical Electric Sedan?
We’re getting closer. Coda is planning on selling a 4 door sedan in CA next year for $45k ($10k tax...
2009-06-04
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The SQLServerCentral Track at SQL Connections
I'm happy to announce that SQLServerCentral is sponsoring a track at this year's SQL Connections conference in Las Vegas, Nov...
2009-06-04
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Moving to Hyper-V
My primary development machine for the past 3 years was a 32 bit Toshiba Satellite notebook running XP named PROBE-DROID....
2009-06-04
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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)...
Forums
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers