Where is my data stored?
Tables within SQL Server can contain a maximum of 8060 bytes per row. However even though columns are limited to...
2015-09-21
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
The Database Corruption Challenge
For the last ten weeks Steve Stedmen (blog | twitter) has been running a database corruption challenge. The final challenge closes...
2015-07-20
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The Database Corruption Challenge
For the last ten weeks Steve Stedmen (blog | twitter) has been running a database corruption challenge. The final challenge closes...
2015-07-20
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SQL Server 2016 – Stretch Databases
One of the features I’ve been interested in that’s coming with SQL Server 2016 is the stretched database. The ability...
2015-06-25 (first published: 2015-06-15)
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SQL Server 2016 – Stretch Databases
One of the feature I’ve been interested in that’s coming with SQL Server 2016 is the stretched database. The ability...
2015-06-15
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SQL Server 2016 features I’m interested in
Microsoft announced this month what features/improvements will be in the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2016. You can...
2015-05-26
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SQL Server 2016 features I’m interested in
Microsoft announced this month what features/improvements will be in the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2016. You can...
2015-05-26
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In-Memory OLTP: Part 4 – Native Compilation
This post follows on from In-Memory OLTP: Part 3 – Durability & Recovery
In this final post for the #SQLNewBlogger challenge I want...
2015-04-27
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In-Memory OLTP: Part 4 – Native Compilation
This post follows on from In-Memory OLTP: Part 3 – Durability & Recovery
In this final post for the #SQLNewBlogger challenge I want...
2015-04-27
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In-Memory OLTP: Part 3 – Checkpoints
This post follows on from In-Memory OLTP: Part 2 – Indexes
So far in this blog series memory optimised tables have been...
2015-04-20
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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...
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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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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers