2012-05-18
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Articles
The Trouble with Transactional Replication and large articles.
This article will show you one way to quickly restore SQL Server replication with huge tables.
2012-05-18
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Implementing Foreach Looping Logic in SSIS
With SSIS, it is possible to implement looping logic into SSIS's control flow in order to define a repeating workflow in a package for each member of a collection of objects. Rob Sheldon explains how to use this valuable feature of SSIS.
2012-05-18
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Generating n-Tuples with SQL
An n-Tuple is a combination of values from rows of a table in pairs (2-Tuple) or triplets (3-Tuple), etc.
2012-05-17
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Get a Descriptive Name for SQL Server Analysis Services Profiler Event Class and Event Subclass
A customer provides an SQL Server Analysis Services trace file to analyze. You save this file into a trace table and execute T-SQL code to analyze the results. Rather than getting descriptive values for the EventClass and EventSubclass data, you get numerical values. How do you resolve these numerical values to meaningful descriptive names? Check out this tip to learn more.
2012-05-17
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Stop Asking and Start Making Decisions Today
You’re desperately trying to get things done but it’s just not happening for you. I’m going to let you in on a little secret, you’re doing it wrong!
2012-05-16
3,438 reads
The Real World: Implementing AWE
Describes the gains experienced in my environment by implementing AWE.
2012-05-16
8,167 reads
How to Create an Indicator and Gauge Report in SSRS - SQL Server 2008 R2 - Part 1
Arshad Ali discusses the details of creating reports with indicators and gauges in SQL Server 2008 and walks you through designing a one tablix report with two levels of grouping.
2012-05-16
3,124 reads
Partial Backup and Restore
Shawn McGehee discusses partial backups, how they're used, and how to avoid potential problems when restoring from a partial backup.
2012-05-15
3,016 reads
PASS Data Architecture VC presents Mike Fal on Eating the Elephant: SQL Server Table Partitioning
On Thursday May 17th 12PM noon Central, Mike Fal will discuss "SQL Server's table partitioning gives the DBA tools to manage this beast and support very large tables in a way where index management and data retrieval..."
2012-05-15
2,124 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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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers