HDInsight and Buggy Whips
I sat the through the big announcements at the 2011 PASS Summit about the partnership between Microsoft and Hadoop. I...
2012-11-16
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The Scary DBA
Remote Desktop and Surface
The Windows RT operating system is not the same as Windows. After all the talk about the upcoming OS and...
2012-11-14
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Surface Problems With Azure
I’ve been posting about the Surface over the last couple of weeks and I’ve tried really hard to be positive...
2012-11-12
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Purpose of the Surface RT
I’m a little over two weeks with the Surface at this point. I’ve been travelling all of that time, so...
2012-11-11
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Using the Surface
I’m attempting to push this thing. I want it to be a production device, not just a consumption device. Frankly,...
2012-11-09
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PASS Summit Day 3: Dr. David Dewitt
Two quick points, I’m putting this blog together using the Surface.. ooh… and this isn’t a keynote, but a spotlight...
2012-11-09
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PASS Summit 2012 Day 2: Keynote
Welcome to Day 2 of the PASS Summit!
It’s been a very exciting event so far. Today I’m presenting two sessions,...
2012-11-08
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PASS Summit 2012 Day 2: KILT DAY!
Welcome to the fourth Kilt Day at the SQL PASS Summit. It might be a little silly, but it’s fun....
2012-11-08
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PASS Summit 2012 Day 1
We’re off and running here at the PASS Summit.
New this year is live streaming all day.
Bill Graziano is introducing the...
2012-11-07
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PASS Summit 2012: Day -3
The Summit proper starts on Wednesday, but the Summit starts at registration. I left a little early from work setting...
2012-11-05
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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