There EXISTS a place where SELECT 1/0 doesn’t return an error.
Kendra Little (b/t) reminded me of this fun little trick (with fairly important ramifications) in her latest quiz on logical...
2017-09-07
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“Invalid class [0x80041010]” error when trying to access SQLServer’s WMI classes
I was using open source PowerShell module dbatools (GitHub repository) to get the list of SQL Server services I have...
2017-09-07
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Q&A Session with SQL Server on VMware Experts at VMworld EMEA
Greetings everyone! We had so many people stay after our SQL Server on VMware sessions at VMworld USA to ask...
2017-09-07
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Q&A Session with SQL Server on VMware Experts at VMworld EMEA
Greetings everyone! We had so many people stay after our SQL Server on VMware sessions at VMworld USA to ask...
2017-09-07
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SQL Server: SARGability part 2
In case you missed the first post on this topic, you can read it here: SQL Server: SARGability. This post...
2017-09-12 (first published: 2017-09-07)
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'Invalid class [0x80041010]' error when trying to access SQLServer's WMI classes
I was using open source PowerShell module dbatools (GitHub repository) to get the list of SQL Server services I have on a bunch of hosts so I could confirm...
2017-09-07
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Attend “T-SQL’s Hidden Support Feature” online September 11!
I’m presenting T-SQL’s Hidden Support Feature for the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter on Monday, Sep 11 at 9:30 PM CDT! Session description: The most effective...
2017-09-06
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Dynamic Threshold for Statistic Update - SQL Server 2016
By default, on a SQL Server Database, statistics are updated automatically when one hits a threshold of changes. If the Auto Update Statistics setting is turned on by default,...
2017-09-06
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Dynamic Threshold for Statistic Update - SQL Server 2016
By default, on a SQL Server Database, statistics are updated automatically when one hits a threshold of changes. If the Auto Update Statistics setting is turned on by default,...
2017-09-06
1,591 reads
SQL Server on VMware VMworld USA Videos Now On YouTube
I just realized that our two SQL Server on VMware sessions that I co-presented on Tuesday at VMworld USA, both of which made the top...
2017-09-06
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
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The Book of Redgate: Evidence
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Massive Table Growth Issue – How to Set Up Filegroup Usage Alerts?
Hello We recently encountered an issue where a SQL table unexpectedly grew in size...
The New World Of AI Robots
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Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
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BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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