Rebind and Rewind in Execution Plans
Ever looked at an execution plan? If you answered no, you can’t possibly have ever tried to tune a query,...
2011-06-15
4,967 reads
The Scary DBA
Time for a Little PD
No, PD doesn’t stand for PowerShell Development. It stands for Professional Development. Sharks either swim or die (and yes, I...
2011-06-13
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SQL Cruise Alaska 2011
Yes, I went on the SQL Cruise to Alaska. Yes, it was as grand as you’ve heard. Yes, I’m going...
2011-06-08
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Optimizer Timeouts with XQuery
I was looking at performance of a database and I noticed a few of the plans were very large and...
2011-05-30
2,120 reads
Oh ****!
Did you ever accidentally close SQL Server Management Studio? And, in closing SSMS, did you get the prompt that says...
2011-05-25
920 reads
SQL Azure Query Tuning
SQL Azure is still SQL Server at the end of the day. This means it is entirely possible to write...
2011-05-23
1,391 reads
Summit Preference Voting
This year the PASS organization is asking us to vote on the PASS Summit 2011 sessions, not as a means...
2011-05-18
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PASS Summit 2011 Abstracts
I’ve put in several abstracts for the 2011 Summit. This year we’re voting for preferred sessions. If you’re interested in...
2011-05-10
731 reads
SQL Azure Migration Wizard
There’s a project over on code plex to come up with a mechanism for validating databases and generating the necessary...
2011-05-09
1,311 reads
I’ve got 99 Problems, but a disk ain’t one
Tom LaRock has a new meme for Meme Monday. It’s all about the problems caused in your system other than...
2011-05-02
797 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