Adding a Computed Column to a Table (2) - SQL School Video
Part 2 of how to add a computed column to a table. MVP Andy Warren narrates this SQL School video.
2009-06-25
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Articles
Split string using XML
Learn how you can split a delimited string in a single query using XML with Divya Agrawal.
2009-06-25
15,531 reads
Enabling Checkpoints in your SSIS Packages
Checkpoints are a great tool in SSIS that many developers go years without even experimenting with. I hope to enlighten you on what Checkpoints are and why it is beneficial to use them. Also, I will walk you through a basic example package where they...
2009-06-25
3,892 reads
Making Demands
Imagine you are invited to speak somewhere and you have a bit of power. Have some fun with this Friday's poll and let us know what you'd demand.
2009-06-25
657 reads
Making Demands
Imagine you are invited to speak somewhere and you have a bit of power. Have some fun with this Friday's poll and let us know what you'd demand.
2009-06-25
440 reads
Midlands SQL User Group Meeting
Come see John Welch speak on Getting Started With Analysis Services 2008, July 7, 2009 in Columbia, SC
2009-06-25
1,554 reads
Practical Database Change Management (Part 2)
The final article on Change Management examines the more technical aspects of Change Management.
2009-06-25
3,251 reads
The short course on how SQL Server really works
Face it, you never intended to become a SQL Server expert, but the proliferation of this database engine – and its many editions – requires somebody to feed and care for it. You're the "Microsoft Guy" (or Gal), so whether you wanted to be or not, you were elected. This series of articles is all about making you more effective with SQL Server as an administrator, not a programmer.
2009-06-25
7,556 reads
Trusting Online
How do you earn trust online? How do you decide who to trust? Steve Jones comments a bit about this this works in the digital world.
2009-06-25
602 reads
Trusting Online
How do you earn trust online? How do you decide who to trust? Steve Jones comments a bit about this this works in the digital world.
2009-06-25
768 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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