Fall Speaking Schedule
I just got back from speaking at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville, which was a lot of fun. I’ll write...
2010-08-23
809 reads
Glenn Berry
Proper Usage of MAXDOP Setting When Compressing Indexes in SQL Server 2008/2008 R2
I am a pretty big fan of SQL Server Data Compression, especially the enhanced version found in SQL Server 2008...
2010-08-17
2,318 reads
SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 11 (CU11) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2005 SP3, which is Build 9.0.4309. There are only four fixes...
2010-08-17
830 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1734. I count 29 fixes...
2010-08-17
896 reads
SQL Server 2008 and R2 Diagnostic Information Queries
It has been a couple of months since I have posted an update to my “SQL Server 2008 and R2...
2010-08-16
1,700 reads
Speaking at 24 Hours of PASS on September 15, 2010
I will be one of the presenters for the 3rd installment of the 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview, which...
2010-08-11
780 reads
Using the Windows Experience Index as a Shopping Tool
One easy to use and useful tool that you can use to compare relative performance between different machines that are...
2010-08-11
1,522 reads
Windows Azure Platform One Month Pass
According to all of their public pronouncements and the flurry of recent activity, Microsoft seems extremely serious about Windows Azure...
2010-08-06
1,002 reads
Testing Native Backup Compression in Combination with SQL Server 2008 R2 Data Compression
SQL Server 2008 introduced native backup compression and data compression as features that were only available in the Enterprise Edition...
2010-08-04
3,831 reads
A Small Collection of DBCC Commands
There are a number of pretty useful DBCC Commands that have nothing to do with checking the consistency of a...
2010-08-02
1,990 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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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