Speaking at oPASS on March 8th
I will be at oPASS on March 8th (Thursday) in Orlando, Florida. I'll give a preview of the talk I'm giving...
2012-03-01
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday # 103 in Curacao a Success
On 25th of February 2012, Curacao hosted its first SQL Saturday event. The event was held at the University of...
2012-03-01
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sql server scripts and managing databases
Managing a large SQL Server inventory requires an efficient management processes.
Following on from DBA productivity and less is more , this...
2012-03-01
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A Script A Day - Day 25 - Performance Counters
Today’s script is based on performance counters and in particular the sys.dm_performance_counters DMV. There are many ways in which to...
2012-02-29
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A Script A Day - Day 26 - RESTART a Database Restore
Today’s script is another one based on database restores. There is a little known clause of the RESTORE DATABASE command...
2012-02-29
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A Script A Day - Day 27 - Missing Database Backups
Today’s script is one I have used many times in the past to check for missing backups. The script will...
2012-02-29
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AdventureWorks in SQL Server 2012 RC0
The sample databases for SQL Server 2012 haven’t been completely finalized, but I was able to find the latest version...
2012-02-29
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Azure is Down
I saw a note about an outage on Windows Azure, apparently one that’s been going on for seven hours. Once...
2012-02-29
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Download free eBook for SQL Server 2012
Microsoft has released one more free eBook, this time it is on SQL Server 2012. However, this is the second...
2012-02-29
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MERGE with OUTPUT clause
A few days back I was presented with a theoretical challenge, and now I thought I would share my solution...
2012-02-29 (first published: 2012-02-21)
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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')
What is returned? See possible answers