I just learned about a Connect item entered on Friday: https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=475337 . Here's the description in the item. Please invoke the...
2009-07-20
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At the 2003 PASS Summit in Seattle the organization had a "SIG Challenge" that involved developing a database solution to...
2009-06-29
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In a followup to Aaron Bertrand's recent blog post on Disaster Recovery, I'd like to mention something I always mention...
2009-06-22
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Over the weekend I received the great news that I've been selected to present a new session, Gather SQL Server...
2009-06-15
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My first whitepaper for Microsoft, Understanding and Using PowerShell Support in SQL Server 2008 has been published. It was a...
2009-06-13
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Scripting tasks in PowerShell is a fairly easy way to automate tasks, but you have to know when you get...
2009-06-08
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I talk a lot about scripting tasks on our servers to automate our regular processes, but in this case I'm...
2009-06-03
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An interesting problem develops when the standard default collation for SQL Server isn't appropriate. Working with clients here in the...
2009-05-29
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This week I'm in Brno, Czech Republic leading an App Compat seminar for Microsoft clients here, and one of the...
2009-05-26
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Keeping track of the performance of your SQL Servers requires metrics. There are many methods for doing this, but some type of automated process is essential these days with DBAs managing many servers. New author Allen White brings us a technique for doing this using SMO, the replacement for DMO in SQL Server 2005.
2006-11-22
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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count(-1)What is returned? See possible answers