I see no SQL Server 2008 Counters in Perfmon?
This problem is a real pain and I’m yet to determine why this issue occurs because my understanding is SQL...
2012-02-21
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
Essential Trace Flags for Recovery & Debugging
The following trace flags are essential for a variety of recovery scenarios. The use of trace flags allow the DBA...
2012-02-20
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How can I configure SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP ports?
Run the SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server Network Configuration and select the protocols for appropriate instance. Double click...
2012-02-18
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Tools to Monitor Performance of SQL Server
To gather statistical information on how a server is performing requires, you need to use operating system tools to gather...
2012-02-16
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A Guide for Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
Check out my article on SQLServerCentral.com in which I discussed SQL Server 2008 R2 installation setup which you can use to install...
2012-02-14
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Why you may or may not consider using Database Snapshots!
Microsoft introduced database snapshots with SQL Server 2005. A database snapshot is a static, read-only copy of a source database...
2011-12-17
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Configuring and monitoring transactional replication between two SQL Server 2005 instances…
Replication often plays an important part in your database management strategy. An organization may use database replication for load balancing,...
2011-12-17
2,274 reads
Get drive & mount points space information in SQL Server 2005 by using CLR Stored Procedure?
As we know xp_fixeddrives can only be use to retrieve normal fixed drives space information. It cannot be used to retrieve information...
2011-12-16
2,053 reads
My first blog post!
I’ve started my own SQL blog. Hopefully I’ll write some interesting SQL blog posts here soon.
2011-12-16
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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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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