The Secrets of One of the World’s Largest Ad-Free Blogs
There are no secrets about how PostSecret handles millions of visitors.
2024-09-03
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The Secrets of One of the World’s Largest Ad-Free Blogs
There are no secrets about how PostSecret handles millions of visitors.
2024-09-03
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Using T-SQL Snapshot Backup - Point in Time Recovery - Azure Edition
Introduction In this post, the third in our series on using T-SQL Snapshot Backup, I will guide you through using the new T-SQL Snapshot Backup feature in SQL Server...
2024-09-03
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Missing Columns in Extended Events Live Data Explorer
Let me be extremely clear up front, this is not my original work. I saw this post on DBA.StackExchange.com and I wanted to share and promote it. Nice work...
2024-09-18 (first published: 2024-09-02)
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Using T-SQL Snapshot Backup - Point in Time Recovery
Introduction In this post, the second in our series, I will guide you through using the new T-SQL Snapshot Backup feature in SQL Server 2022 to take a snapshot...
2024-09-18 (first published: 2024-09-01)
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Using T-SQL Snapshot Backup - Are Snapshots Backups?
Introduction Traditional SQL Server backups can struggle with large databases, resulting in longer backup times and resource contention. T-SQL Snapshot Backup, a new feature in SQL Server 2022, addresses...
2024-09-01 (first published: 2024-08-31)
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Developer Q&A: Dika Fei of Jelly Pixel Studio
"Let me know where you get your magic pixie dust from!"
2024-08-30
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A New Word: Flashover
flashover – n. the moment a conversation becomes alive and real, when a spark of rust shorts out the delicate circuits you keep insulated under layers or irony, momentarily...
2024-08-30
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Friday Flyway Tips: Git Integration in Community Edition
Redgate added Git integration to the free, Community edition of Flyway Desktop. I saw the announcement and decided to make this post to show how this can work for...
2024-08-30
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Moving One File Across Git Branches: #SQLNewBlogger
I was working on some branching and merging with a customer and they wanted to move a file from one branch to another without taking the entire commit. I...
2024-08-28
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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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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