PASS SQLRally Dallas 2012 Pre-Con: How to Perform a SQL Server Health Check
If you are attending the PASS SQLRally this May in Dallas, I will be presenting a one day preconference session...
2012-02-29
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Blog Posts
Script SQL Server Agent Jobs Using PowerShell
It’s that time of the month again, no not that one, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time and this weeks topic is...
2012-02-29
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Extended Events
Extended Events is a general event-handling system for performance monitoring that was introduced in SQL Server 2008. It has a highly scalable and highly configurable...
2012-02-29
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Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012
Today I want to talk about Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012. As you already
know SQL Server uses Statistic Objects...
2012-02-29
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Trello: An agile style kan-ban web app that really works
I am no different to many others where I am being asked to work on various projects concurrently and expected...
2012-02-29 (first published: 2012-02-27)
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What I Want For My Birthday
Dell has teased us with some images of their upcoming 12th Generation servers (that will support the Intel Sandy Bridge-EP...
2012-02-29
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Write a Variable To a File Using SSIS
Problem
I’ve a SSIS package. When it fails execution, I want to write a custom message including the package name and error...
2012-02-29
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A Script A Day - Day 24 - Object Qualification
Today’s script is one I use as an example to explain that there is method behind my standards that some...
2012-02-28
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How’s Microsoft doing with community involvement? (updated)
Update: Jen Lussier has blogged a summary of the talks she had at the MVP summit last week. Take a...
2012-02-28
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Misadventures in TDE: How to Restore an Encrypted SQL Server Database Completely Wrong
Doing things by the book isn’t necessarily the only way to learn a new skill. Sometimes, experiencing everything that can...
2012-02-28
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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...
Forums
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