SQLServerCentral Webinar #15
Once again, I’m the moderator for a webinar coming up at the end of the month, on Jan 31, 2012....
2012-01-17
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Blog Posts
TOP WITH TIES
I have been working with SQL Server for quite a few years now, and it still happens quite often that...
2012-01-17
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#meme15 – Use. Twitter. Why?
Should an average Jane or Joe professional use twitter?
Yes.
Why?
Because, I’m using it.
Not enough reasons? <grumpy face> I knew you wouldn’t...
2012-01-16
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Capacity Planning – Monitor and Extrapolate
I wrote a post recently on capacity planning, and then thought of one more thing. In addition to planning for...
2012-01-16
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Database Backups: Things You Need To Do Now
I want to say a few things about database backups that you need to know.
Wait a minute, haven’t you written...
2012-01-16 (first published: 2012-01-11)
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Help JHD Help MND
My good friend Justin Hostettler-Davies (JHD) aka @JHDAVIES , the same JHD who recently scaled Kilimanjaro, is on the fund raising...
2012-01-16
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Introduction to XML DML (Part 1) - Using the modify() method: insert
This is the first part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...
2012-01-16
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Meme15 Twitter
Twitter and Your Career
With the new blog party on the block, we have Jason Strate (blog | twitter) asking us this...
2012-01-16
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Meme15 Twitter
Twitter and Your Career With the new blog party on the block, we have Jason Strate (blog | twitter) asking us this month these two questions: Why should average...
2012-01-16
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SQL Agent Jobs – Schedule in seconds
1) How can I execute a SQL Server Agent Job every few seconds? Administrators try to use SQL Server Agent as...
2012-01-16
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Blogs
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...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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