Use the Best Tool for the Task
Last February I wrote an article for Simple-Talk called Let PowerShell do an Inventory of your Servers . This script was...
2009-09-02
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How To Get Table Row Counts Quickly And Painlessley
Just a quick note to call out that I've had an article posted on SQLServerCentral that shows how to retrieve...
2009-09-02
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Building a Better Blog
I had a great session for the 24 Hours of PASS on Building a Better Blog. Not sure how well...
2009-09-02
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TSQLScripts.com and IE 8
Wow, I just got an email from a registered member of www.tsqlscripts stating that it is not compatible with IE...
2009-09-02
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Article of the Week – SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements
I have been following this series of articles since the first article was published on SQLServerCentral. The author, Arshad Ali,...
2009-09-02
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Finally Migrating from SQL 2000
I suspect I’m not alone in that I’ve had SQL 2000 running for a long time with no problems and...
2009-09-02
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How practical is a netbook?
I’ve I was having lunch with another SQL Geek and we were talking about netbooks and how practical they are....
2009-09-02
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SQLPSX 1.6.1 Release
I completed a maintenance release of SQL Server PowerShell Extensions, which address all known open issues. This release is still...
2009-09-02
635 reads
Building a Pipeline
While I try to write most days, I don’t always podcast, and I only schedule things a day or two...
2009-09-01
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24 Hours of PASS Tonight
For those of you who may have missed it, the 24 Hours of PASS conference starts tonight at 8pm EDT!...
2009-09-01
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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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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