Copying files from/to a container
Last week I was having an issue with a SQL install within a container and to fix I needed to...
2017-05-10
2,118 reads
The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Monday Coffee 2017-05-08
Asking stupid questions
Oh boy have I asked some stupid questions in my time. Most recent was this question that I...
2017-05-08
334 reads
Friday Reading 2017-05-05
Into May and a big couple of events this week in SQL Nexus and the Powershell Conference EU 2017, looking...
2017-05-05
474 reads
Building a container running SQL Server 2014 SP2 Developer
One of the things about working with SQL in Docker is that you kinda have to use the images that...
2017-05-15 (first published: 2017-05-02)
2,418 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-05-01
Morning all, I know it’s a bank holiday in the UK & Ireland today but some of us still have to...
2017-05-01
279 reads
Friday Reading 2017-04-28
Nearly May! Although it’s been snowing this week in Dublin so summer still appears to be a while off…
Community driven...
2017-04-28
587 reads
Friday Reading 2017-04-28
Nearly May! Although it’s been snowing this week in Dublin so summer still appears to be a while off…
Community driven...
2017-04-28
526 reads
Pausing index rebuilds in SQL Server 2017
Last week Microsoft confirmed that the name of SQL vNext will indeed be SQL Server 2017. I was looking through...
2017-05-04 (first published: 2017-04-26)
2,584 reads
Pausing index rebuilds in SQL Server 2017
Last week Microsoft confirmed that the name of SQL vNext will indeed be SQL Server 2017. I was looking through...
2017-04-26
185 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-04-24
Back after a couple of busy weeks, kinda looking forward to getting back into the old work routine (ah, well...
2017-04-24
325 reads
Blogs
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...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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BIT_COUNT() IV
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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