Slow Blogging
Sorry, I’ve been travelling for three weeks and, except for the posts around the PASS Summit, I’ve been blogging very...
2009-11-23
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The Scary DBA
Record of a PSS Call
Not everyone has the opportunity to call Microsoft Premier Support. For those who have not yet had this experience, I’ll...
2009-11-17
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Proof
SQL Rockstar tells me that unless there are photo’s, it didn’t happen. Brad McGehee published some pictures from DevConnections. See,...
2009-11-17
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I have a Tag
That’s a Microsoft Tag. I’m not quite sure what exactly to do with it, but here it is. Evidently you’re...
2009-11-17
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Dev Connections Recap
Last week I attended the Dev Connections conference for the first time. It was held in the Mandalay Bay resort...
2009-11-17
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SQL Connections
I’m flying off to the SQL Server Magazine Connections part of DevConnections in Las Vegas later this afternoon. I’m presenting...
2009-11-10
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Geek of the Week
I made geek of the week. I’m sorry, but I’m excited by that. I’m very proud to be a geek....
2009-11-06
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PASS Summit 2009 Day 3
The day started off with a mixed bag. First we had an honestly tearful farewell with Wayne Snyder saying goodbye to...
2009-11-06
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PASS Summit 2009 Key Note 3
Dr. David DeWitt
“I’m not a doctor.” This is going to be good. “From 1 to 1000 MIPS” He’s doing great....
2009-11-05
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PASS Summit 2009 Key Note 2
Patrick Ortiz from Dell, the platinum sponsor for the PASS Summit.
The goal will be to discuss the Dell Microsoft Practice,...
2009-11-05
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
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...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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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