MVP Profile of the Week.....
It’s time for the MVP Profile of the Week!
You’ve probably seen his work, as he’s been busy producing content for...
2009-09-23
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PASS Book List
Since the beginning of the year I’ve been trying to include a SQL related book in the bi-weekly Connector. Basically...
2009-09-22
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PASS Connector Editorial for September 23, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-09-22
562 reads
ADO.NET in PowerShell
I've had to rework some logic for gathering database information in my serverstatus.ps1 script, because SMO doesn't exactly do things...
2009-09-22
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New Cumulative Updates For SQL Server 2008
Yesterday, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU4, which is Build 2734, and SQL Server 2008 RTM CU7, which is...
2009-09-22
646 reads
Cape Cod .NET Users Group
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 23, I’m going to present on “Best Practices for Working with SQL Server Execution Plans” for the...
2009-09-22
841 reads
Gila Monster on Estimated vs. Actual Row Counts
I don’t generally do lots of blog aggregation and cross post linking & stuff. It’s just not something I’m that into....
2009-09-22
1,292 reads
September OPASS Meeting Recap
OPASS met last Tuesday, September 14th, with a mini (15 minute) presentation by Todd Holmes on Backup Basics and Jorge...
2009-09-22
435 reads
Estimated rows, actual rows and execution count
It’s often said that a major discrepancy between estimated and actual row counts in a query’s execution plan is a...
2009-09-22
2,302 reads
Searching for Data in Images
I tried out Bing’s new visual search after seeing a few people note it on Twitter. I was a little...
2009-09-22
1,065 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