PASS Summit 2009 – Day -1
The official start date for the summit is Tuesday, but trust me, everything kicked off on Sunday when registration opened....
2009-11-02
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The Scary DBA
More PASS Activities
As if I needed more.
I’ll be sitting at the blogger table and blogging live (as live as I get) during...
2009-10-30
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2009-10-28
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Snags With Profiler GUI
Running the Profiler GUI against a production server is not something you should do. I’ve outlined my research into exactly...
2009-10-28
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SQL Server Standard, Volume 6, Issue #1
It’s alive! It’s alive!
That’s enough from Colin Clive.
It’ll be out for the Summit. SQL Server Standard lives again! Although, not quite in...
2009-10-27
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PASS Summit One Week Away
It’s just a week and a couple of days before I’ll be hopping a plane for Seattle and the 2009...
2009-10-23
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Characters
No, I’m not talking about a Dickens novel. I’m talking about the number of characters in a string. I had...
2009-10-21
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Free Training RIGHT NOW
Quest Connect 2009 is occurring even as I type this. Get on over there if you’re interested in some free...
2009-10-21
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Birds Of a Feather Lunch
The PASS Summit agenda is shaping up and it’s already looking to be much busier than last year. The latest...
2009-10-21
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SNESSUG October Meeting
The Southern New England SQL Server Users Group’s October meeting was a bit sparsely attended with 7 attendees. The sponsor...
2009-10-15
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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
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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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