No Caps for SQL Saturday : Speaker Edition
A few weeks back, I got into a conversation about whether PASS should put the boot down on events and...
2012-05-17
1,007 reads
StrateSQL
“Thou Shall Not Shrink the Database” #TSQL2sDay
This month, Chris Shaw (Blog | @sqlshaw) is leading the charge on the T-SQL Tuesday. This event is basically a blogging...
2012-05-08
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May 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
They say, “April showers bring May flowers.” But what if it doesn’t bring May flowers? What if instead you get...
2012-05-08
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Can You Dig It? – Determining Index Plan Usage
She Can Dig It!
A while back I was asked, if you can use the plan cache to determine which plans...
2012-05-04
1,445 reads
Changing Priorities
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you have probably noticed that the content here has been a...
2012-05-03
712 reads
SQLFriends in Minneapolis
Ever wanted to hang out and talk about SQL Server over lunch? Maybe get a chance to ask those questions...
2012-05-02
625 reads
April 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
Another month goes by and it’s time again to ask… are your SQL Servers healthy? Have they been properly configured? ...
2012-04-12
892 reads
SQLCLR: Good? Or Evil? #MemeMonday
Is SQLCLR good or evil? Thomas LaRock (Blog | @SQLRockstar) is asking that question this month in his #MemeMonday blog party.
Let’s...
2012-04-10
1,136 reads
April #Meme15 Assignment
Before the advent of the modern “Social Network”, many of us were already connected through tools that had much less...
2012-04-09
828 reads
Re-blog – March 23 – March 29
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2012-03-30
1,875 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...
Forums
Lab Grown Diamond Stud Earrings – Which Styles Are Most Popular in the USA?
Hi everyone, I'm researching lab grown diamond stud earrings for the USA market and...
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why SQL Server Database Attach...
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