Check Your Azure Account Usage
It is absolutely not cool or fun to pay money to learn new technology. One of the main complaints people...
2013-08-27
788 reads
The Scary DBA
Make the PASS Summit Work For Your Employer
It was pointed out to me that since PASS is such a huge networking event, any employer would be crazy...
2013-09-02 (first published: 2013-08-26)
1,961 reads
SQL CAT is on the Move
Not a big deal really, but they’re consolidating from the SQLCAT.COM to put everything on MSDN.
Read all about it here.
I...
2013-08-23
733 reads
Get Started with Windows Azure SQL Database
Learning new things can be daunting. First, you have to come up with the spare time. Then you have track...
2013-08-27 (first published: 2013-08-22)
2,438 reads
Speaking this Fall
I’ve been at home through the whole month of August, restingworking hard, but it’s time to get on the road...
2013-08-21
864 reads
Azure Changes, While I’m Working
My laptop is out for repair. I’m working currently on a Surface Pro instead. It’s spurred me to do something...
2013-08-19
806 reads
Azure and Your MSDN Account
I’ve heard over and over again that the reason people don’t want to learn Azure, to explore it, to understand...
2013-08-15
751 reads
You should NOT attend the PASS Summit
If you asked me, prior to today, if I would type or say those words, I would have laughed right...
2013-08-12
743 reads
Be Cautious When Critizing About Guidance
I recently posted some comments about some guidance offered by Microsoft when talking about the CXPACKET wait type. Nothing I...
2013-08-07
677 reads
24 Hours of PASS Streaming Available
If you missed the 24 Hours of PASS Summit 2013 Preview, you missed some excellent sessions. I watched a few,...
2013-08-13 (first published: 2013-08-07)
1,239 reads
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...
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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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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