2012-07-04
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Articles
Indexes, Indexes, Indexes
This article has a description of an index utilization tool that Ron Johnson uses to analyze the effectiveness and use of indexes in a system.
2012-07-04 (first published: 2011-07-05)
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TSQL Challenge 81 - Create a Game schedule generator in TSQL
This challenge is to generate a game scheduler based on the Teams given in a table.
2012-07-04
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Generating Non-uniform Random Numbers with SQL
Some FUNCTIONs to help generate non-uniform random numbers from uniform random numbers including Normal, Multinomial, etc.
2012-07-03
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Email Job Failures Report to DBA using PowerShell
MySQL introduced its own brand of job scheduling, called Events, in version 5.1. However, some Database Administrators (DBAs) feel that it isn't quite ready for prime time. This article presents a hybrid solution that uses MySQL Event Scheduling to manage the batch jobs and Windows PowerShell for the error handling.
2012-07-03
2,971 reads
Using a PowerShell Script to delete old files for SQL Server
Many clients are using custom stored procedures or third party tools to backup databases in production environments instead of using database maintenance plans. One of the things that you need to do is to maintain the number of backup files that exist on disk, so you don't run out of disk space. There are several techniques for deleting old files, but in this tip I show how this can be done using PowerShell.
2012-07-02
3,232 reads
Introduction to Indexes
Indexes are critical to good performance. However many people don't understand how indexes well. MVP Gail Shaw provides us with an introductory article on the basics of indexing.
2012-06-29 (first published: 2009-10-26)
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SQL Server 2012 - New Service Broker Features
SQL Server 2012 came with bells and whistles for service broker, that give you plenty reasons to start using service broker in your applications.
2012-06-29
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Transaction Replication Publisher failover to Mirror
Transaction Replication Publisher failover/failback to mirror standby with automatic redirection of the subscriber and client application.
2012-06-28
2,825 reads
Introduction into handling errors in PowerShell for SQL Server tasks
PowerShell is becoming a great tool for managing SQL Server tasks, but like most tasks that are coded there is always the need for error handling to deal with the unknown. PowerShell has several options for handling and capturing error details and in this tip we will explain these options using PowerShell for SQL Server examples.
2012-06-28
3,684 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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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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