SQL Server Central Guest Editorial
My second guest editorial is up at SQL Server Central. These are fun to do (especially the video) even though they’re...
2009-10-14
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The Scary DBA
Operations Manager Feedback
If you’re involved with maintaining Microsoft Operations Manager, you probably have a few things you’d like to tell the developers,...
2009-10-13
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Table Variables Are Only in Memory: Fact or Myth
I keep seeing these concepts that have long been disproven, posted again and again on newsgroups as if they were valid information. The...
2009-10-13
674 reads
Another Book
Well, part of one anyway. I wrote three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book, Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration. I...
2009-10-10
551 reads
3 Weeks to the PASS Summit
The PASS Summit is only three weeks away and I’m getting awfully excited. It’s not too late to register. Heck,...
2009-10-10
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SNESSUG September Meeting
We had a good night with 13 people attending. I ran unopposed for president of SNESSUG for my second, and...
2009-10-08
600 reads
PASS Log Reader Awards
Brent Ozar, Andy Warren and Jeremiah Peschka have put together a blogger award called the PASS Log Reader Award. I...
2009-10-08
726 reads
Hey, ho, where’d you go…
Ohio?
I’m presenting on Thursday to the Columbus SQL Server Users Group, home of the newly minted MVP, Jeremiah Peschka (congrats again)....
2009-10-06
541 reads
Ad Hoc Queries Don’t Reuse Execution Plans: Myth or Fact
Another frequently heard story is that stored procedures get and reuse execution plans, but ad hoc queries do not. A...
2009-10-05
3,207 reads
Free Stuff and a SQL Server Standard Update
Great news. We’ve managed to get one article all the way through the process. We’ll have our first publication out...
2009-10-02
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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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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