Plans for 2013
I have lists. Lots of lists. I even have them in different locations sometimes. Some of them are carefully written...
2013-01-09
895 reads
Grant Fritchey
- Twitter: @https://twitter.com/gfritchey
- Website: https://scarydba.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-fritchey/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gfritchey.bsky.social
SQLBits Public Sessions
If you’re over in the UK, or close to it, you’ve probably heard of SQL Bits even if you haven’t...
2013-01-07 (first published: 2013-01-03)
1,535 reads
The Surface Meta-App
Just a quick little blog post about one more app you’re going to want to track down for your Surface....
2012-12-12
956 reads
Microsoft Surface: Top Apps… So Far
After living with the Surface for a month and trying hard to make it work as a tool for production,...
2012-12-06
1,756 reads
Experimenting with Social Media
After multiple talks with Jason Strate (blog|twitter) and Denny Cherry (blog|twitter) about how they are working on automating more of...
2012-12-05
1,133 reads
HDInsight, Finally
See this:
That’s right. The install worked. All I had to do was get a completely clean server set up. No...
2012-12-03
1,381 reads
Sharing the Love
Just a few blog posts that you ought to go and read.
First up, Tom LaRock maintains a listing of SQL...
2012-11-30
1,684 reads
HDInsight: Trying again
And I thought this would be so easy.
Latest attempt. I just did an uninstall of HDInsight. Then I found all...
2012-11-29
1,928 reads
HDInsight: First Pass
I installed HDInsight with no errors. The install is so brain-dead, I couldn’t see how there could be errors. But,...
2012-11-28
892 reads
Treat Yourself to Knowledge
There’s a one day sale going on at Apress today, 11/26/12. All their eBooks are $15. This means you can...
2012-11-26
1,107 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
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...
Forums
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Question of the Day
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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