Some Intel Westmere Benchmarks
PCLab.pl has an interesting review and benchmarks of a 3.07GHz Westmere-EP processor (which is the six-core, 32nm successor to the...
2009-11-23
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Blog Posts
Some Ways To Look For Things in SQL Server Modules
If you have a medium to large database in SQL Server, with lots of stored procedures, functions or views, it...
2009-11-23
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South Florida Code Camp
I can’t wait until Feb 27 when Code Camp is right in my backyard! I just submitted my session for...
2009-11-23
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SQL Saturday Orlando Presentations now online.
My presentation and sample files from SQLSaturday in Orlando are now online for you to download. Check them out at...
2009-11-23
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Stop Splashing with -NoSplash
Many times when I'm teaching a class or working with a group, they express frustration at the load time for...
2009-11-23
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Super Seven Cube Cleanup Steps
Everyone likes to get a project done, but many times in our rush to deploy we bypass some of the...
2009-11-23
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The Car Update – Prius Sales
I haven’t done a car update in some time, and I’d like to get back to them. Surprisingly quite a...
2009-11-23
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Change the Report Manager logo
A common question I've been asked a lot lately is how to replace the icon in the Report Manager to...
2009-11-22
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Capturing IO Patterns
We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...
2009-11-20
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Get 25% Off SQL Server E-Learning from Microsoft
Not all DBAs have the opportunity to attend formal classroom training or attend conferences. While there are many SQL Server...
2009-11-20
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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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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