Indexing HierarchyID
The new HierarchyID datatype in SQL Server 2008 has captured my interest lately. I’ve been working on a presentation that...
2009-09-01
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Blog Posts
Keeping a Low Profile
I’ve been mostly offline for the last ten days or so, cutting back on blogging and forum participation and mostly...
2009-09-01
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- Easiest Rebuild Ever - Windows 7
I'm somewhat conservative with my machines. These days it's a tool for me, and I'm not looking for the coolest...
2009-08-31
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Active August – Final Recap
Well, I had a pretty good week this week. I made an effort and met all my goals:
Eat smaller portions...
2009-08-31
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Backing up to NUL vs Backup with Truncate only
Or “It’s 10pm, do you know where your log records are?”
Something that I’ve started to see recently is the idea...
2009-08-31
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Decompressing on Compression in SQL Server 2008....
Compression is one of the major features introduced in SQL Server 2008, and one that can significantly reduce disk storage. ...
2009-08-31
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Notes On the Jacksonville Code Camp
I drove up to Jacksonville Friday afternoon for the 2009 Jacksonville Code Camp led by my friend Bayer White. I...
2009-08-31
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Project Gemini
Dan English put up a blog post on his experiences with installing Gemini. His post is loaded with screen shots...
2009-08-31
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Scripting Server Side Traces
If you’ve never used SQL Server Profiler, you truly don’t know what your missing. And that statement has an intentional...
2009-08-31
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Setting Realistic Goals & Learning to Adjust
There is a lot of advice out there about how to get more done and how to accomplish one's dreams. I...
2009-08-31
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
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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