Splitting ID’s with commas, updating them, and then Slamming them back together
Unfortunately my company still uses
MS Access DBs. That's Access 97 folks! I've battled many challenges over the
last couple months with...
2011-08-16
1,247 reads
find...underlings...
find.....underlings.....
searching......
underlings found......
I recently was given the task to create a stored procedure to find people who are under other people...
2011-06-22
834 reads
Double Hop of Doom
I recently had to battle through THE DOUBLE HOP OF DOOOOOMMM!! It was a very rewarding experience and I think...
2011-06-20
4,420 reads
Don't touch that Maintenance Plan Job
Good ol Maintenance plans. With 2005 and beyond we received the glorious SSIS backed Maintenance plans. I love SSIS so...
2011-06-12
1,932 reads
Can Scrum work for the DBA?
Agile! Scrum! Development methodologies! Sprint!
If you have a manager who reads any web page about being a manager, then you...
2011-05-29
8,412 reads
Recovery Model for Every Database
One thing that is enjoyable about my position is working with people who have no idea what SQL is besides...
2011-05-25
1,170 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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