24 Hours of PASS
I’m fairly certain Jack Bauer isn’t involved with this new initiative from PASS. Just as I’m also certain I won’t...
2009-08-03
741 reads
The Scary DBA
Active August #1
I like to blog about technical topics and community, not personal stuff. However, this is a community post. A number...
2009-08-01
622 reads
PASS & SQL Bloggers
PASS is trying to find better ways to reach out to SQL Bloggers. They’re going to experiment with taking advantage...
2009-07-31
1,320 reads
No really. When did this statement start?
I thought I had an interesting answer to the question. Unfortunately Adam Machanic, who has been working in this specific...
2009-07-31
1,325 reads
When did this statement start?
UPDATE: This post is incorrect. Adam nailed it in the comments. I explain my mistake here.
A question came up over...
2009-07-28
1,878 reads
Attache/Brief Case Review
Steve Jones, through a series of comments, emails, blackmail, back-alley deals & tons of whining, agreed to let me review a...
2009-07-24
570 reads
Conversations
Do you know how to start a conversation or how to join one? I usually wait for a pause and...
2009-07-21
666 reads
MS Field Engineer’s on Performance Troubleshooting
Do you want to get a glimpse into how the Microsoft Field Engineers would go about troubleshooting performance issues on...
2009-07-20
787 reads
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
Fixing P1 Queries
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Symmetric Key Encryption
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why...
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