The PASS Board: #passvotes
Ever been in a fight? Ever been in one that’s not completely going your way? I’ve done this and seen...
2014-10-02
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The Scary DBA
PASS Votes… A little bit more #passvotes
I am putting up an abnormal Saturday morning blog post in support of the actions taken by the PASS Board...
2014-09-27
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Development, Leadership, Age
While I was at the VMWare HQ getting some amazing training a few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to...
2014-09-26
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Thoughts on PASS Board Nomination Process: #passvotes
Having very recently gone through the nomination process for the PASS Board, I thought I would share a few things...
2014-09-24
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SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
The latest update to my book, SQL Server Query Performance Tuning was released last week. This is the fourth edition...
2014-09-23
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Communication and the Board: #PASSVotes
The whole idea behind PASS is to build a community of people who can assist each other in their daily...
2014-09-22
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A Manager or a Community Person: #PASSVotes
I am running for the PASS Board. You can read more about what I’ve posted and what others have to...
2014-09-19
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I Am Running For the PASS Board of Directors: #passvotes
This year, I submitted my application to run for the PASS Board and it was accepted. This then is my...
2014-09-22 (first published: 2014-09-17)
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PASS Summit 2014 Pre-Conference Seminar
I’m putting on a pre-conference seminar (also known as a pre-con) at the PASS Summit this year. I’m really honored...
2014-09-16
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Podcast on Devops and the Database
I’ve been attempting to expand my reach to get back to my roots in development. I’m doing this because I...
2014-09-15
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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