RC0 and HierarchyID
I gave a presentation Tuesday to my local SQL user group on 2008 T-SQL and data types. One of the items...
2008-06-13
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TechEd - Execution Plans
Randy Dyess of Solid Quality Mentors had a session and since I'd just gotten a copy of Grant Fritchey's book...
2008-06-13
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Notes on My Visit To The Space Coast Users Group
I visited the Space Coast group last night, hosted by Ken Tucker, and did about 90 minute of SQL Q&A...
2008-06-12
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Avoid Domain Admin level accounts for SQL Server
Every so often I see a post in the forums where someone has stated they've used a Domain Admin level...
2008-06-12
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TechEd - Day 3
I left my laptop at the Red Gate booth, and then managed to wander up to a Data Compression talk...
2008-06-12
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SQLSaturday #6 in Cleveland - Registration Open
Long time acquaintance Allen White is hosting SQLSaturday #6 in Cleveland on August 9th. Registration and call for speakers is...
2008-06-12
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TechEd - Query Performance
A program manager asked the question at the start: Who's had a query performance issue where a query "went bad"...
2008-06-12
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Presentations using a Panel Format
At the recent SQLSaturday #4 we had a session end up finishing much earlier than expected, so we gave the...
2008-06-11
713 reads
TechEd - Data Corruption
I went to this one, mostly because I don't understand coruption that well and Paul Randal is a great speaker....
2008-06-11
1,360 reads
TechEd - IO and Wait Stats
Andrew Kelley, SQL Server MVP, is a good speaker, so I'd recommend his sessions if you want good technical information.
IO...
2008-06-11
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers