SQL Azure and the DAC Pac
When last we left our intrepid hero he had successfully deployed to SQL Azure using the Data-Tier Application Package, a...
2011-05-02
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The Scary DBA
SQL University: SQL Azure & PowerShell
Welcome once more to the Miskatonic branch of SQL University. I see that most off you survived out last encounter…...
2011-04-28
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SQL Azure Diagnostic Tool
One of the CSS Engineers from Microsoft has released a diagnostic tool for SQL Azure. It’s worth a look. It’s...
2011-04-26
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SQL Azure Deployments
You’ve set up your access to a SQL Azure site so you’re ready to go. Now how do you get...
2011-04-25
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SQL Azure Cost
We’ve all heard the scary stories. A developer starts testing Azure and then suddenly gets a thousand dollar bill on...
2011-04-18
1,546 reads
SQL Azure
If you’ve talked to anyone from Microsoft recently you had to have heard the phrase “all in.” It’s been made...
2011-04-15
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Performance Tuning: Start to Finish
The very first ever SQL Rally is taking place in a little less than four weeks in Orlando Florida. It’s...
2011-04-14
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SQL University: Index Usage
Greetings. Welcome once more to the Miskatonic University branch of SQL University. Does anyone know where to buy some camping...
2011-04-06
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SQL Saturday #71 Wrap-up
It’s over. It’s finally over. This year, unlike previous years, Adam Machanic (blog|twitter) was very good about delegating the work....
2011-04-04
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2011-04-04
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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...
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