SQL Server-Table Variable
Table variable:- SQL Server provides an variable known as table variable which is used to store data in a similar way as we...
2012-01-07
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Blog Posts
[BUG] Inserts to tables with an index view can fail
Unfortunately some of the more troubling bugs can be very hard to reproduce succinctly. Here is one that has been...
2012-01-06
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A Tale of Two Cities - SQLSaturday Goes Global..
It was a day of warm weather, it was a day of cold weather. A tale of two cities on...
2012-01-06
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Are you allowed to use social networking at Work?
I was reading this article about internet usage by staff who work for local authorities in Wales http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16394916 The content...
2012-01-06
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Arithmetic overflow error and isdate sql
Executing a t-sql statement with a convert function
convert(datetime, my_date_column) ,
threw an arithmetical overflow error with the message :
Message
Arithmetic overflow...
2012-01-06
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Creating Strong Passwords
I was writing a presentation recently on encryption and one of the important things to show in the presentation is...
2012-01-06
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Database uplevel Restores
Today I've been reading Paul Randal's collection of Blogs from a series called A SQL Server DBA myth a day....
2012-01-06
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Re-blog – December 30 – January 5
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2012-01-06
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SQL Server 2012 FileTable – Part 1
In a series of blog posts we will have a look at the new SQL Server 2012 table type called...
2012-01-06 (first published: 2012-01-03)
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SQL Server 2012 Licensing VMs without SA
I ran across a blog talking about Microsoft licensing, and found it very interesting. I learned a few things, and...
2012-01-06
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Blogs
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...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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