Opening Doors – Part 2
Yesterday in Part 1 I wrote about opening doors – the art of showing others what is possible within the context...
2009-11-23
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Some Intel Westmere Benchmarks
PCLab.pl has an interesting review and benchmarks of a 3.07GHz Westmere-EP processor (which is the six-core, 32nm successor to the...
2009-11-23
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Replication Scripts: Show All Transactional Publications & Subscribers At Distributor
Anybody who has talked with me about replication or heard me present about it knows that I recommend using a...
2009-11-23
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Some Ways To Look For Things in SQL Server Modules
If you have a medium to large database in SQL Server, with lots of stored procedures, functions or views, it...
2009-11-23
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Slow Blogging
Sorry, I’ve been travelling for three weeks and, except for the posts around the PASS Summit, I’ve been blogging very...
2009-11-23
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Stop Splashing with -NoSplash
Many times when I'm teaching a class or working with a group, they express frustration at the load time for...
2009-11-23
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Great Post from Jamie Thompson
Hey there Gang !
Most of you probably know Jamie Thompson has move his blog over to SQLBlog.com. This is worth noting...
2009-11-23
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SQL Saturday Orlando Presentations now online.
My presentation and sample files from SQLSaturday in Orlando are now online for you to download. Check them out at...
2009-11-23
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South Florida Code Camp
I can’t wait until Feb 27 when Code Camp is right in my backyard! I just submitted my session for...
2009-11-23
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New 2008 Microsoft BI Certifications Reviewed
I am not about to get into a theoretical discussion of whether certifications will benefit you in your career. I...
2009-11-23
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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