SQL Saturday #21 and Tampa Code Camp 2009
A couple upcoming events I'll presenting at...
SQL Saturday #21 on October 17th in Orlando
I'm amazed at how SQL Saturday has grown...
2009-10-10
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Another Book
Well, part of one anyway. I wrote three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book, Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration. I...
2009-10-10
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3 Weeks to the PASS Summit
The PASS Summit is only three weeks away and I’m getting awfully excited. It’s not too late to register. Heck,...
2009-10-10
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New Dell PowerEdge R710 Database Server
My long awaited new database server arrived today! It has two, quad-core Xeon X5550 processors, 72GB of DDR3 RAM, and...
2009-10-09
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Reindex and Update stats.
Today I was reading blog by Ben Nevarez it is great... (I am impressed with ben now a days) that's...
2009-10-09
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SQL Server Announcements From Microsoft
Microsoft has announced the upcoming end of mainstream support for SQL Server 2005 SP2 on January 12, 2010, and for...
2009-10-09
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What a backed up Database Mirror looks like
One thing you need to be careful about with SQL Server 2005/2008 Database Mirroring is making sure that you don’t...
2009-10-09
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Adventures in SQL CLR and C#
I’ve toyed with the CLR in SQL Sever 2005 off and on since the first Yukon beta had it enabled....
2009-10-09
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Select count(*)
Today I was reading(I always read Paul Randal).
http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/Which-index-will-SQL-Server-use-to-count-all-rows.aspx
I learned that whenever you query select count(*) it will select the the...
2009-10-09
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Performance Data Gathering
As a DBA, one of the things I struggled with was gathering all my important system information in one place,...
2009-10-09
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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