One More SQL Feature Wish
It would be handy to have a checkbox/SET option/something that would tell SQL not to cache plans run in a...
2008-05-06
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Blog Posts
Photos from SQL Saturday
Check out the photos from SQL Saturday 3 - Jacksonville:
http://tim-mitchell.spaces.live.com/
2008-05-06
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SQL Backup 5 (Red Gate)
So after many months of trudging through native SQL Server backups for new mission-critical application I'm deploying, I have decided...
2008-05-06
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Will You Host the Next SQLSaturday?
How to have more SQLSaturdays?
Over the past year we've been working on the ambitious goal of building a national franchise...
2008-05-06
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Mentoring & Sharing Your Interests (Reading this time)
One of the interesting challenges of mentoring is knowing where the lines are; not trying to counsel about personal problems...
2008-05-05
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SQL Saturday
So if you missed out on SQL Saturday you missed a great event and I highly suggest making it to...
2008-05-05
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Post Event Notes on SQLSaturday #3
Our 3rd SQLSaturday went amazingly well due to the efforts of Brian Knight and his volunteers. Attendance for the day...
2008-05-04
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SQL Saturday Jacksonville
I just wrapped up a high-octane day of SQL Server community education at SQL Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida. This event,...
2008-05-04
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Are Backup Devices Obsolete?
I thought they were, but I've had a bit of a debate in the forums with someone. There was a...
2008-05-02
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Displaying Multi-select Parameters in SSRS
Including the parameter values to the physical report so they get printed with the business data is a best practice...
2008-05-02
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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