Speaker of the Month: May 2015
When I attend sessions at events, I try to mix it up. I’ll go to a session that, really, I...
2015-06-09
528 reads
The Scary DBA
Parallelism and Columnstore Indexes
Columnstore indexes are fascinating and really cool. Unfortunately, they’re adding an interesting new wrinkle to an old problem.
What’s the Cost...
2015-06-01
818 reads
PASS Board Update: May 2015
I’ve had a busy month on the Board.
You may have seen some tweets going by about our compliance with international...
2015-05-27
543 reads
Database Engine Tuning Advisor
I would love to see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) pulled from the product. Completely. Heck, I feel bad that...
2015-05-26
824 reads
Book Review: Connected
I heard about Connected from a show on NPR (Yes, I listen to NPR, why do people keep saying that?)....
2015-05-29 (first published: 2015-05-19)
5,090 reads
Come to Us or We’ll Come to You
No, that’s not a threat. It’s an offer to help out.
Redgate Software is very serious about the efforts we’re putting...
2015-06-01 (first published: 2015-05-18)
1,423 reads
I Am Grateful For…
I’m almost done reading the book Connected (will be by the time this is published). It’s fascinating although, at least so...
2015-05-15
507 reads
Is Performance Better With LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN?
I tend to write my queries using LEFT JOIN. Why? Because logically I see it in my head like this:
Give...
2015-05-20 (first published: 2015-05-11)
7,078 reads
Effects of Persisted Columns on Performance
I live for questions. And my favorite questions are the ones where I’m not completely sure of the answer. Those...
2015-05-13 (first published: 2015-05-05)
5,932 reads
Speaker of the Month: May 2015
I finally got out to some community events last month and got to see a bunch of great speakers. Not...
2015-05-01
508 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