Netbook Replacing a Laptop
My laptop died recently, actually died completely, unable to boot. The hard drive was fine, and I managed to stick...
2009-12-04
484 reads
Book Review: Apress Pro SQL Server 2008 Administration
Several months ago I received a copy of the Apress book, Pro SQL Server 2008 Administration (Amazon)by Ken Simmons (@kensimmons),...
2009-12-04
978 reads
Building Questions
I haven’t had to write a Question of the Day in a few months now and I have mixed feelings...
2009-12-04
430 reads
Data.Gov
I was recently looking for some publicly available data for a demo. Many times, the complicated solutions we deliver for...
2009-12-04
386 reads
My first presentation for User Group
Yesterday was the first time I gave a presentation to a group of professional who knows SQL Server. I was...
2009-12-04
798 reads
Thanksgiving Review
Last week I posted about planning to cook some for Thanksgiving, thought this week I’d share some of how it...
2009-12-03
474 reads
Transactional Replication Conversations –Must read
Everyone who wants to know about how transaction replication works and how to improve the performance of transaction replication must...
2009-12-03
2,150 reads
Fix The Problem, Don't Just Band-Aid It
Let's face it, when it comes to computers there's a 100% certainty that something is going to break eventually. Maybe...
2009-12-03
590 reads
E-Reader Predictions
From a Forrester blog: Ten eReader and eBook predictions for 2010.
It’s an interesting read, and I tend to agree with...
2009-12-03
2,235 reads
You pulled BUILTIN\Administrators, but are you auditing?
The conversation on local administrators having rights in SQL Server has proven to be interesting and at times entertaining. My...
2009-12-03
2,532 reads
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