MDX Puzzle #5
Writing YTD totals and Running totals using T-SQL can take a little effort. However, with MDX it's not too difficult. ...
2010-08-01
547 reads
Patrick LeBlanc
MDX Puzzle #4 - Solution
This puzzle may not have been much of a challenge, but it introduced two new MDX concepts. I have to...
2010-07-30
1,551 reads
2010 3rd Quarter Goals
Now that we are into the third quarter of 2010 I decided to post an update of my 2nd quarter...
2010-07-28
1,010 reads
MDX Puzzle #4
This puzzle is rather simple, but it does introduce a few new things. Using T-SQL you typically filter queries with...
2010-07-28
551 reads
SQL Saturday Wiki
This past weekend I had the opportunity to hangout with some of the brightest upcoming SQL Server Professionals and a...
2010-07-25
603 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 for the DBA Recording and PowerPoint
I recently had the opportunity to do two presentation on SQL Server R2 for the DBA. In the first session...
2010-07-23
531 reads
.NET speaker Idol, Guess who won?
Last night (July 21, 2010) I had the honor of being a speaker at the Baton Rouge .Net User Group. ...
2010-07-22
810 reads
Free Data Warehouse Training - SQL Lunch #27 Let's Get Dimensional
Join Adam Jorgensen, tomorrow on the SQL Lunch to learn about Dimensional Modeling. Go to SQL Lunch and add this...
2010-07-21
821 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 for the DBA Webcast
Tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST I will be giving a talk on SQL Server 2008 R2 for the DBA. Here...
2010-07-21
500 reads
Practice Your PASS Session on the SQL Lunch
We at the SQL Lunch would like to extend an invitation to all of the PASS speakers. If you are...
2010-07-18
395 reads
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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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